various ways of using CMS

[Garret Acott]

Arguably (with quite a stretch IMO) it is running interactively, but it
is not reading commands interactively when ran.

Garret

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 04:14 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Garret Acott wrote:
> > Okay, thanks, nice to see you are looking. :-)
> > 
> > No, it is not a violation. The notices are to be in the source, not the
> > output of the application or software. 
> 
> Ah, but there is another provision that may be relevant.  GPLv2 says:
> "   c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
> when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive
> use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement
> including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no
> warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users
> may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the
> user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program
> itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement,
> your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)"
> 
> Arguably, a site using Joomla is running it interactively, and the site
> should have an "announcement" with copyright notice and license notice.
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 
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