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TheMuffinMan
PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:28 pm 
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Hi there,

I'd like to include a 3rd party library into one of my extensions which is licensed under the BSD3 modified license (which is GPL compatible).

However, the library's php files don't have any license headers. I remember there was a jed policy to have license headers in every single php file. Is that also mandatory for libraries or is it enough if I add the original license file in the library's folder? (otherwise I need to edit quite a few files).

Thanks in advance.

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Markus
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AmyStephen
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:26 pm 
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Hey Markus - hopefully, someone in JED will answer your question, but I cannot imagine you would have to modify each PHP file to include a license header for a library. That would be a support nightmare. Hopefully, you can include a GPL-compatible library without modification. I really do believe that's the case.

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TheMuffinMan
PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:37 am 
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Ok, thank you Amy.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:51 pm 
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Including a library without modification is going to be difficult. Each PHP file included with an extension must have the _JEXEC check, or it will be rejected.

read about it here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Restricted_access

As long as you're adding the _JEXEC check, you might as well add the license header.

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TheMuffinMan
PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:08 pm 
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@stutteringp0et:

yeah, almost forgot about that one, thanks for reminding me. Though these files are all classes, so I wonder how it should affect the security. However, looks like I have to edit a few files...
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