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Posted on Jun 20, 2007
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It seems that some major news outlets are talking about Joomla's recent licensing change, among the big boys were Wired (Joomla Sticks With the GPL), CMS Watch (Joomla! CMS faces a governance challenge) and Linux.com (GPL compliance issues are tearing Joomla! apart). Interestingly it seems some inaccuracies were creeping to their stories, showing just how complex this subject is.
There is also a petition that has been started.
You can find the petition at:
www.gopetition.com/petitions/keep-freedom-of-choice-for-joomla.html
We, the undersigned, wish to express our concern with the Joomla Core Team's decision to force third party developers to reliance their extensions to the GPL.
The current mixture of GPL and commercial development has helped to grow Joomla to be the world's leading Content Management System, for over 100,000 users. The new direction on strict GPL licensing threatens this ecosystem.
We therefore ask that the new GPL only policy is withdrawn, and that Joomla reinstates its previous policy to allow a mixture of GPL and commercial third party software.
If you share that viewpoint, you should head on over and leave you signature...
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wonderwoman
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What good will a petition be? If the Joomla board are taking this action due to legal advice - Laws and lawyers are completely immune to petitions, as they should be. From the reading I have done, this change in direction is not about a popularity contest - it's about a legal position. I seriously doubt anyone on the board *really wanted* to open this can of worms. |
Klementz
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| Legal schmegal! It looks to me like they are pursuing a faulty ideal. I signed the petition and left a comment. Over 400 people have signed in just three days. If that momentum keeps up it'll be hard not to listen. |
Lawrence Meckan
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OSM and the Core, are not immune from petitions. If you put all the pieces together over time, you would see that it's been key people within the Core who have been advocating this position prior to getting the lawyers (SFLC/FSF) to 'endorse' their direction. And if a development project on the scale of Joomla! no longer listens to its users, especially when they are willing to put their nation on a petition, just who are they serving ? |
stefap
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| This is bad. I just bought a couple of commercial templates. And none of the free templates even get close to the quality of the design you can get for $25. I could (maybe) design it, but it would take me weeks to play with it. The system works, don't change it. Most of developers offer a lot of free stuff and and some (usually the latest) editions are commercial. On top of that, usually for each commercial addition, there is a free equivalent from other developers. Just keep it way it is. |
Wes Womack
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| I've only just (2 months) started using Joomla, and I have to admit - this will entirely wipe out this system's value for me. I have several unique site ideas that I wish to pursue, all within a Joomla foundation. I am posting custom component development jobs as we speak. Without proprietarity of certain aspects, every site will be the same. If every site is the same, there will be no value of one versus another, which will kill differentiation, and essentially destroy any network effect one could create from their original idea. Sign this thing! A mix of free and commercial is why I picked Joomla, if they enforce this I will have to change CMS, and I think so will everyone else. |
garyamort
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I disagree strongly with your interpretation of the Joomla teams current actions. I agreed strongly with your opposition to their erroneous interpretation of the GPL license. However, to take it from the top: 1) They aren't forcing ANYONE to do anything. They have yet to send out a cease and desist order, a demand for source code, or launch a copyright infringement lawsuit. So there is no forcing going on. 2) Demanding that they place a disclaimer in the license that is legally unenforcable AND would make them responsible if a commercial developer does intermix GPL code with his own code, sells it, and than gets sued is unreasonable. While I realise most commercial developers don't have the resources for protracted legal battles, expecting UNPAID volunteers to cover your commercial but is unreasonable and cowardly. Yes, the Joomla team and community seems to be taking an increasingly hostile view of commercial developers. So what? Let them stew in their misinterpretation of the laws. |
semenaua
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| Hey, fellas, you might throw a stone in my side, but I prefer Etomite CMS, and it's free for all. |
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