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kozzmic
 Post subject: Rebrand
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:00 pm 
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Hello, is it legal to rebrand joomla? I want to change the admin panel and some icons and remove all joomla stuff. I dont want extra money for it. I want to create an easier envirement for their specifick needs and it looks more professional if i make look like i made it, lol. Or if i say its "based" on joomla will that be fine?

Sorry, i dont understand the technical English in the license
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:05 am 
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http://www.gorilla-webdesign.be/gorillacms/rondleiding

like they did, they renamed it gorillacms, but its powered by radiant cms.

Can i do this too but for joomla
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:26 am 
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http://i49.tinypic.com/2h5i5tv.jpg

looking like this
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:29 pm 
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Yes, the GPL allows you to change anything you want except the license and copyright information.

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:20 pm 
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And do i need to make it public?
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:12 am 
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If you distribute it to others, you should use the GPL, just like Joomla!. But, you do not required to distribute it.

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:49 pm 
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AmyStephen wrote:
If you distribute it to others, you should use the GPL, just like Joomla!. But, you do not required to distribute it.


So that would mean, they are free to distribute my modified copy? Or only the source of joomla? Can i relink the help to my own site?
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:35 pm 
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Yes if you distribute you must give licensees he same rights you were given when you got a license for Joomla!.

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:53 pm 
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Its basicly a good admin template. Others sell templates and own the copyright to it and i lose that?
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:22 pm 
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I'm really not sure what you are talking about at this point. Now you mean you want to sell a admin template?

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:44 pm 
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No, i want to give customers a cms solution but with an easier navigation. So in the backpanel would only be buttons and no menus. Only links to a specifick module or just the articlemanager. I only add modules they want. So it stays simple. If they want the full power, thats fine too. But i created a template to achieve this. But i dont want them to redistribute it, along with the custom buttoms. I dont want to sell the template, i only wanna offer a service. With on top of adminpage my logo and "mycms" and the footer powered by joomla, or whatever it says.
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:54 pm 
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You can make an administrator template and make it look however you want. Are you talking about something only hosted on your server?

If you are giving it to your customers as part of your work for them you need to make the PHP parts of your template GPL.

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 3:19 pm 
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Hi kozzmic, your admin template is wonderful! How have you done it? Would be possible to see template files please? I would like to make similar template. thank you
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 3:46 pm 
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kozzmic wrote:
Hello, is it legal to rebrand joomla? I want to change the admin panel and some icons and remove all joomla stuff. I dont want extra money for it. I want to create an easier envirement for their specifick needs and it looks more professional if i make look like i made it, lol. Or if i say its "based" on joomla will that be fine?

Sorry, i dont understand the technical English in the license



I think you cannot rebrand joomla and change name Joomla to yours...
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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 4:25 pm 
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miamia wrote:
I think you cannot rebrand joomla and change name Joomla to yours...
you may need to read this http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

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 Post subject: Re: Rebrand
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 7:22 pm 
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You have to leave the Joomla! copyright and licensing information in your source files other than that you can change the name.

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