On 2009-12-16 08:28, Mikko Ohtamaa wrote:
Which license should I better.
GPL or LGPL or Apache?
Plone add-ons that require Plone must be GPL.
GPL is a distribution license. It only applies if you distribute GPL
based software. This would require you to distribute Plone + add-on
combination in some form. Installing it on the server is not
distribution.
If you distribute add-on code WITHOUT Plone you can license it anyhow
you wish as you are not distributing any pieces from the code.
Not if your code imports from Products.CMFPlone or other GPL'ed code,
since that makes it a derived work according to all interpretations I
have seen.
> Unless you count imports from Plone namespace as "copyright work".
> That is up to court to decide whether import falls under the threshold
> of orignality and count as the remix of the orginal work. I assume the
> existence of precedent cases vary country by country, but generally
> GPL has not been court tested.
The GPL has had many victories in courts in multiple countries.
Wichert.
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