Hi Jan, thanks for the quick reply.
While we're at it... what does GPL mean for a CMS like Magnolia? I think it is pretty clear, if I was to publish or sell or distribute a CMS based on Magnolia CE, it would have to be open source. But what about modules? If I built a Magnolia module that would be distributed on its own, but needs Magnolia to run and uses / links to Magnolia libraries / jars - could that be distributed under a closed source license? What about page templates? They would contain tags from the Magnolia taglib... does that mean they would have to be GPLed (or compatible), too? Don't get me wrong... I don't plan on creating a Magnolia competitor. But we build web sites for customer based on Magnolia CE, and these licensing questions just keep coming up. Is there a FAQ or a wiki page regarding licensing questions? Thanks for your help, Lutz On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Jan Haderka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Major oops. Some of the old versions of Magnolia have been licensed > under LGPL, but not any more. I've updated the page. > > Magnolia is dual licensed under GPL v3 and/or under Magnolia Network > Agreement http://magnolia-cms.com/mna.pdf > Standard Templating Kit (STK) is licensed under CPAL > http://magnolia-cms.com/home/products/community/stk/cpal.html > > Thanks for bringing this up. > > - > Best regards, > > Jan Haderka > Magnolia International Ltd. > > Meet us at the Magnolia Conference > http://www.magnolia-cms.com/conference > > Magnolia® - Simple Open Source Content Management > > > On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 18:14 +0100, Lutz Hühnken wrote: >> Hi, >> >> this is probably a FAQ... but I did search for the answer, and haven't >> found it yet, so I thought I might as well ask here. The license file >> in the Magnolia download says Magnolia is licensed under the GPL v3 >> license. On the Sourceforge project page, however, it is stated that >> the download would be under the LGPL license (see attached >> screenshot). >> >> That seems contradictory to me. What is the license Magnolia Community >> Edition is published under, and why do those two (listed on the page, >> in the download) differ? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> >> Lutz > ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
