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PHP-Nuke GPL Copyright Removal Question Finally Solved
Posted on Friday, September 20 @ 12:56:19 CDT by nukelite |
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MissS writes "Awhile back, questions were raised as to whether or not the copyright notice at the bottom of PHPNuke created pages could be removed. Now there is an answer to this question, straight from the GNU people.
The GNU website states that if you have any questions concerning licensing, you can simply email them for clarification. That is exactly what I did and what follows is my email to them...
PHPNUKE.ORG's OWNER NOTE: This issue has been updated and finaly fixed with the Free Software Foundation. Please read this article instead.
(My email written to licensing@gnu.org on 9/19/2002 with their response indicated by '--->'):
I have a question about the GNU/GPL license. There is a program called PHP-Nuke that has been released under this license. (This program can be found at www.phpnuke.org) This program is a content management system that provides the structure for a website along with the means to administer that site.
What I would like to know is this: if I use this PHPNuke program to create my website, must the copyright notice (that is included at the bottom of each page that is created with PHPNuke) remain there in order to remain in compliance with this license? There is also a copyright notice within the source code files themselves.
---------->" Yes. See section 2c of the GPL for details."
This subject came up a while back at PHPNuke.org and no-one seemed to know the real answer. I have spent quite sometime reading over your license and can't definitively figure out this answer for myself. (I had questions such as: is the output from a program like this truly considered interactive or not?)
Please let me know. I don't want to remove the copyright footers on the output pages if I am not legally allowed to do so.
Thanks in advance for your clarification on this matter.
--------> "I think a web-based message board clearly reads commands interactively.
So, if there is such a notice, you can't remove it. But you could alter its form, so long as it is still appropriate.
-Dave Turner
Free Software Licensing Guru
This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, see a lawyer.""
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Re: PHP-Nuke GPL Copyright Removal Question Finally Solved (Score: 1)
by WisTex on Sunday, October 24 @ 00:45:36 CDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Some authors of software similar to PHP-Nuke charge a registration fee that allows one to remove the copyright notice and other branding. The free version is required to display all copyright notices and maintain all links back to the author's site.
And it appears that the Commercial License option for PHP-Nuke does exactly that.
So basically, if you got it for free, you gotta give credit. If you pay, you can remove it. |
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