WordPress Licensing Issues – On Showing License
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...
View ArticleKses, GPL, Copyright, Licensing and Disclaimer
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...
View ArticleAkismet Introduces GPL Version to WordPress (Updated 3x)
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,...
View ArticleCiviCRM and WordPress
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...
View ArticleWhy the GNU GPL Still Matters
Why the GNU GPL Still Matters (16 Jul 2009 by; Glyn Moody) Tagged: FLOSS, Free Software, GNU GPL, GPL, Licensing
View ArticleFree open source software projects
Free open source software projects (Area51) – Proposed Q&A site for developers of free software. Management, code sharing, hosting, marketing, community building, licensing, funding. Tagged: Code...
View ArticleGPL: This Deserves a Special Mention, II
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...
View ArticleI wish
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...
View ArticleSPDX 1.0 is Now Available!
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...
View ArticleCodeIgniter goes Copyleft with OSL
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...
View ArticleEllisLab: Copyright not by work but per File
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...
View ArticleEllislab, you’re doing it wrong
The following is part of a mail that’s circulating to authors and copyright holders of contributions to the Codeigniter software: If you are able to certify your prior contributions to CodeIgniter and...
View ArticleUsing the SPDX License List for Tagging and Linking
The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX™) specification is a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package. Their website has a lot of...
View ArticleSaaS Threatens Open Source
SaaS Threatens Open Source (by William Judd; 28 Jan 2011) – About AGPL, GPL and Cloud Computing. Tagged: IaaS, Licensing, PasS, SaaS, Utility Computing
View ArticleEPL/GPL Commentary
EPL/GPL Commentary – Life at Eclipse (6 Apr 2010; by Mike Milinkovich) Tagged: Eclipse, EPL, GPL, Licensing, Mike Milinkovich
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