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CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 4:07 am
by ourfriendbernard
I wanted to know terms on the licence.
What can and can't I do.
Can I use it for commercial projects?
Is it ok to rebrand the backend?
Can I remove the copyright notices as I've seen sone on some other cms made simple sites?
Anything else I should know?
Thanks
-Bernard-
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 5:12 am
by Dr.CSS
CMS made simple is Free software under the GNU/GPL licence.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
mark
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:37 am
by ourfriendbernard
So does that mean I can do all of them things then?
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:22 am
by petert
ourfriendbernard wrote:
So does that mean I can do all of them things then?
Did you read the info at the link Mark gave you?
It's all revealed there.
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:04 pm
by Leav
Sorry to bring this up from the dead, but I have the same question.
I have read that link on the GNU site, but since I am not a lawyer, much of the agreement makes little sense to me....
anyone care to help me out please?
-Leav
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:09 pm
by mahjong
Everything is explained in the
FAQ.
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:42 pm
by ludo2k
I think it is more simply explained here :
http://demo.mamboserver.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=26
it has the same licence, so i suppose you can do the same thing...
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:23 pm
by Leav
thanks ludo. that was helpful!
Re: CMS Made Simple's Licence
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:10 am
by KoalaBlue
I just went to the Mambo link and read this, which is only a portion of what's available to read on that site:
3. May I charge money to distribute Mambo?
The GPL allows everyone the freedom to do this. The right to charge money to distribute Mambo is part of the definition of "free" software. When people think of "selling software", they usually imagine doing it the way most companies do it, making the software 'proprietary' rather than free. So to avoid ambiguity, you may charge to distribute the software and any other service you provide along the way. You may not charge for the software itself. Remember if someone pays your fee, the GPL also gives him or her the freedom to pass on the software with or without a fee.
4. May I remove "powered by Mambo, Copyright Mambo Foundation” from the footer?
Yes you can, although, we would hope that you would retain it to help spread the word about Mambo.
5. May I remove the "copyright" statements from the source code to Mambo?
No, you must keep all copyright notices and credits in the source code.
6. Does the GPL mean that my web site content is also GPL?
No. The copyright and license of Mambo does not cover the content that you create. Using Mambo does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license or copyright you use for the content of your web site.
This seems quite clear and easy to understand.