various ways of using CMS

[Garret Acott]

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. So the direct answer to your
question is that it is not a GPL violation to not display the GPL notice
on a Joomla created website.

On the other hand, it's often considered the "proper" thing to do.

Hope this helped,
Garret


DISCLAIMER: I am not a Lawyer and am not giving legal advise. Any legal
advice should always be sought after by a licensed professional.


On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:19 +0200, Vedran Vucic wrote:
> hello,
> 
> yes, but I am not lawyer and I am not sure whether teh use that I
> described may be in violation of the following part of GPL.
> " You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source
> code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously
> and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice
> and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to
> this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other
> recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the
> Program."
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> vedran
> 
> On 7/25/07, Garret Acott <garret at holonyx.com> wrote:
>         Have you read the GPL?
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 10:08 +0200, Vedran Vucic wrote: 
>         > Hello,
>         >
>         > I have noticed several web sites that are clearly based on
>         some CMS
>         > such as Joomla for example, but all information that CMS is
>         Joomla and
>         > that it is issued under GPL license have been removed. 
>         > Even more site is copyrightedby web designer whihc learly
>         used default
>         > template that is issued under GPL too.
>         >
>         > May we consider this as a violation of GPL and ask
>         webdesigners to
>         > keep information that  CMS is let say Joomla and that link
>         to GPL 
>         > license must be shown.
>         >
>         > However, the content that webdesigner may put on the site .
>         i.e. text.
>         > photos,... may be licensed in a different way.
>         >
>         > Please advise.
>         >
>         > Best wishes, 
>         >
>         > Vedran Vucic
>         > 
>         
> 
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