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January 03, 2009 3:01pm
Subscribe [5]#1 / Jan 03, 2009 3:01pm
Gah, I’m tired of seeing all these great additions to CI with a GPL license (BackendPro, Linkster, Webber, etc.)
As I understand it GPL means that I can’t build on these scripts without making my own script GPL as well - as opposed to CodeIgniter’s very lax license, where I may use it for pretty much anything.
GPL is a virus. Use CC instead please 😊
- bjorn
#2 / Apr 25, 2009 3:52am
Gah, I’m tired of seeing all these great additions to CI with a GPL license (BackendPro, Linkster, Webber, etc.)
GPL is a virus. Use CC instead please 😊
People use GPL when they don’t want their code sold by others.
(Wanting to share but keeping product’s copyright)
LGPL is a good license for a lib resource
CC is more of a copyleft… do whatever.
PS. Webber is not GPL…. is $129 for the core version.. blog module costs extra
That’s why I don’t use Creative Commons on code
#3 / Apr 26, 2009 10:44am
If you still want to sell your code, you could dual-license it. GPL for personal use and x license for commercial. Problem solved.
Disclaimer: I have no idea if this would work, nor am I a lawyer. Wait for other peoples’ opinions!
#4 / Apr 27, 2009 2:20am
I honestly didn’t know that part about GPL. :|
BSD and MIT might be better options for licensing for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
#5 / May 11, 2009 4:53am
People use GPL when they don’t want their code sold by others.
You can do anything with GPL:ed code—including selling products based on it—but you have to share the source code.
#6 / May 11, 2009 6:13am
You can do anything with GPL:ed code—including selling products based on it—but you have to share the source code.
“Using the GNU GPL will require that all the released improved versions be free software. This means you can avoid the risk of having to compete with a proprietary modified version of your own work.” ** ref **
You can not remove the author’s copyright or change the code’s license to be more restrictive or permissive. You can not take a GPL’d app and rebrand it to charge a license fee. You could do that if code was CC… That was the original question
The author of GPL’d code might sell a version under a different license.
Using LGPL code is more practical if your looking to do a commercial app.
(There are also a number of other licenses that permit commercial use)
I mentioned Webber in my prior post… Initial post mentioned as being GPL’d… it isn’t
From what I have seen, Webber appears to be a well designed commercial product.
What modules Webber offers for “Free” have at their core ... GPL’d code.
That is why people use GNU GPL