Evan Prodromou wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 20:11 -0600, Jesse Stay wrote: >> Are the themes under GPL as well? > NOTHING is under the GPL. Everything is under the AFFERO General Public > License 3.0. The license is materially different from the GPL in that > you must share source if you provide a network service, even if you > don't distribute the program. > > It's a BIG difference. >> Is he modifying the existing theme, or creating his own? > I'm not sure that even a theme started from scratch would qualify as an > independent work, not subject to the license. I'll ask some smart people > about it. >> I would think this could limit the laconi.ca <http://laconi.ca/> >> project if people can't own their own themes and look/feel, monetize >> them, etc. > I agree that it's a tricky point, and I especially think it's hard if we > want to have folks use their existing brand. > > I'll look into making an exception for themes. Probably need to make a > clear distinction between themes and other stuff, though. > > -Evan
Hmmm, yes, this is tricky. It has more to do with branding than with code/services, and branding is how you can/should create distinction in the marketplace, right? Pete _______________________________________________ Laconica-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
