http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg873613
Have i missed the point that Joomla DID allow (long after 15th September 2005) non Gpl Licenses?
The so called "Rider" Statement in the "license.php" File stated that:
This Statement was present even in the Beta of Joomla 1.5.Linking Joomla! statically or dynamically with other modules is making
a combined work based on Joomla!. Thus, the terms and conditions of
the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination.
In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of Joomla!
give you permission to combine Joomla! with free software programs or
libraries that are released under the GNU LGPL and with independent
extensions that communicate with Joomla! solely through the Joomla!
extension interface. You may copy and distribute such a system following
the terms of the GNU GPL for Joomla! and the licenses of the extension,
even if you do not include the source code of that extension.
Note that people who make modified versions of Joomla! are not
obligated to grant this special exception for their modified versions;
it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU General Public License
gives permission to release a modified version without this exception;
this exception also makes it possible to release a modified version
which carries forward this exception.
This licence file was, as far as i know, removed by Johan around April 2007 without consulting any other Core Team Members.
Then the Discussion began about encrypted extensions and so on.
So. Are here some big heads around or are we going to solve this "the Joomla Way" by us - the community?
EDIT: what a pity. discussion has just been disabled