Extraordinary news from the joomla team - based around a single guy's complaint on the joomla forum.
All plugins MUST be released under the GPL licence.
How will this affect the future of the APP?
No more encrypted files, even commercial files must be redistributable...
This could have major implications for the future of joomla. Since changing the licence would mean a complete rewrite of the CMS. No doubt many commercial developers will not be pleased with this and may stop their support. Below is the headline form their front page.
Open Source Does Matter ...
Friday, 15 June 2007
Joomla! is moving to ensure the future of the project by committing to
compliance with the GNU/GPL license. This decision reflects a lengthy
introspection combined with legal considerations to properly secure the
project in the spirit of Open Source. For us, for everyone, Open
Source does matter. It's a long, slow road. We're not going to make
any sudden moves because we know that a lot of people are relying on us
to maintain some stability and meet expectations. We are very much
aware that a lot of people make their living around Joomla!, and we are
sensitive to producing sudden disruptions in livelihoods. Joomla! is a
unique project with unique needs and unique GPL issues. Solutions won't
just come off the shelf. There are solutions and compromises on these
issues that we are still exploring, and we want to keep hearing from
the community so we can get it right. We will provide facts as soon as
we have them. If we seem too silent, it's because we don't want to
speak until we can do so clearly and confidently. And you'll have
plenty of notice before any large changes get made. Here's the plan:
first, we clean our own house and bring the Joomla! sites into
compliance. Next, we ask people in the community to voluntarily comply
with the license. At the same time, we try to help people understand
what it takes to comply and how they can do it easily. We believe
we're going to get a lot of compliance that way.
original post at joomla.org
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