Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 18, 2004 05:24 PM
As someone already pointed out, the idea of a lead story layout is not original; major and minor news sites have been using it for years. The code to implement it is a few lines and consists of an if/else statement, it's so trivial that it's doubtful it could be copyrighted any more than Hello World can be.
It's also not an addon to Mambo but an integral part of the core code (i.e. GPL). Even a modified version of that code must be GPL (see clause 5) but as the GPL is widely misunderstodd I can't say whether Mr. Connolly understands this. As far as I can see he's trying to run a business based on Free software as if it's a traditional business and that's a non-starter.
As far as I'm aware if Mr. Connolly claims the code is not under the GPL then according to clause 5 he loses his own license to use it.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 18, 2004 05:24 PMIt's also not an addon to Mambo but an integral part of the core code (i.e. GPL). Even a modified version of that code must be GPL (see clause 5) but as the GPL is widely misunderstodd I can't say whether Mr. Connolly understands this. As far as I can see he's trying to run a business based on Free software as if it's a traditional business and that's a non-starter.
As far as I'm aware if Mr. Connolly claims the code is not under the GPL then according to clause 5 he loses his own license to use it.
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