Tag Archives: Licensing

EllisLab: Copyright not by work but per File

Posted on 1 May 2012 by

In their run for re-licensing the CodeIgniter codebase under OSL (which in itself looks violating the shared authorship copyright as a whole as it has not yet been clarified with all authors and copyright holders in concrete), in a blog … Continue reading →

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CodeIgniter goes Copyleft with OSL

Posted on 27 Oct 2011 by

As I know some WordPress related developers are using CodeIgniter (CI) as well, I think it’s worth to share: It’s true that CodeIgniter needed some simpler to handle license, but the outcome so far looks rather devastating and is paralleled … Continue reading →

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SPDX 1.0 is Now Available!

Posted on 24 Aug 2011 by

The SPDX standard helps facilitate compliance with free and open source software licenses by standardizing the way license information is shared. SPDX reduces redundant work by providing a common format for companies and communities to share important data about software … Continue reading →

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I’d wished when it came to such discussions (2) that wordpress starts to understand why I’m demanding to put the licenses we make use of readable inside the package. It’s still a wish, but it’s known that you learn best … Continue reading →

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GPL: This Deserves a Special Mention, II

Posted on 17 Feb 2011 by

A week ago I asked the wordpress project who to contact for source code, especially for those parts no source-code exists for in the zip- and tar-gz-files. You might wonder: Source for wordpress – it’s already there, right? So what … Continue reading →

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Free open source software projects (Area51) – Proposed Q&A site for developers of free software. Management, code sharing, hosting, marketing, community building, licensing, funding.

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Why the GNU GPL Still Matters (16 Jul 2009 by; Glyn Moody)

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CiviCRM and WordPress

Posted on 28 Jan 2011 by

That’s what I call nice feedback: CiviCRM just announced that they plan some WordPress integration. On the blog it’s written that this has become possible for them after the WordPress core team has defined the license terms being GPL v2+ … Continue reading →

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Akismet Introduces GPL Version to WordPress (Updated 3x)

Posted on 1 Jan 2011 by

I just ran over the fact that in August 2010 Alex Shiels (tellyworth) tagged the akismet readme with “License: GPLv2″. The info left in the changelog is: * Spell out that the license is GPLv2 Well, even that this is … Continue reading →

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Kses, GPL, Copyright, Licensing and Disclaimer

Posted on 30 Dec 2010 by

The current wordpress security release made me look into kses.php today. But my review ended before going over the first 10 lines already. Guess what I ran over? Jup, another wordpress GPL license violation. How did I find it? It … Continue reading →

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WordPress Licensing Issues – On Showing License

Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by

When it comes to the GPL wordpress front-persons Jane Wells or Matt Mullenweg do not get tired to underline the importance to spread the word about software freedom. That is generally a good thing if the information provided is correct … Continue reading →

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