Will this site remain strict about gnu/gpl licensing?
Hi Guys,
I'm really looking forward to participating in this forum. I have experience with administrating joomla sites since mambo but am only learning how to program my own extensions now.
I think a forum or group of forums outside of joomla.org is a great idea, simply because joomla.org is so big. Often I won't ask a question because I don't want to distract devs from more important matters.
However I like the fact that the JED is a way of keeping the unfairly licenced stuff away from under my nose. So while I'm not trying to bring up the same old can of worms that has been discussed to death. Can I assume that if it's not in the JED then it is not gonna be here either?
I'm really looking forward to participating in this forum. I have experience with administrating joomla sites since mambo but am only learning how to program my own extensions now.
I think a forum or group of forums outside of joomla.org is a great idea, simply because joomla.org is so big. Often I won't ask a question because I don't want to distract devs from more important matters.
However I like the fact that the JED is a way of keeping the unfairly licenced stuff away from under my nose. So while I'm not trying to bring up the same old can of worms that has been discussed to death. Can I assume that if it's not in the JED then it is not gonna be here either?
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Permalink Reply by Techbot on -
That's cool,
I should have used the words open source and am happy to be corrected on it. I'm not fully in tune with what happens on Joomla.org . I'm guessing that this site is an indication that I'm not the only one. I had tried to participate in joomla.org, and will do again. So, to find an alternative , (which this site obviously is) - the only precondition was that it did not undermine what joomla.org was attempting to do in promoting open source. -
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Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on
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I'm glad to have you here. This site really is a complement to joomla.org, not an alternative. There are things we can discuss here that would be difficult to discuss at that location. Many people who are here are also long-standing members of working groups at Joomla.org.
Also, this is not a support site - that is something best obtained at the Joomla! forums.
Participating with the project is something I have enjoyed and recommend to everyone. Sometime this weekend, I'll share a post on how to get involved with the project. That can be sometimes difficult for folks to figure out.
Thanks, again, for the question. Certainly hope others continue to share their perspectives. It's kind of an important question. -
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And, to be fair, most of them at the top, on most days, wish they were Street Supervisors, again, since the burden of the workload and responsibility sucks fun right out of the place.
Having said that, I understand your point. So, let's find ways to be productive and involved and make good things happen! -
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Permalink Reply by Klas on -
There are lawyers that will tell you this and others that will tell you something completely different and only court could decide which side is right and which is not. And even that decision would be valid only for the country of the court's jurisdiction. So let's not repeat a mistake of assuming anything legal - even that that extensions are bound to GNU/GPL at all.
For Joomladevelopers to succeed I would suggest strictly leaving this legal things completely out of the picture - let's focus on development, design, site usability etc. Let us work together again and help each other to create, develop or build, no mater what our religious, political or licensing view might be. -
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Permalink Reply by Peter van Westen (NoNumber) on -
Amy, you could have dropped the last 6 words of your first sentence. Would have saved you some digital ink :)
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Permalink Reply by Peter van Westen (NoNumber) on
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Well put, Klas!
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We will have a FAQ item in the About this site group where this can be further discussed if there are changes we need to make to the FAQ Item.
We are trying to close this Forum on the home page, so I will close this item now - and please feel free to continue discussing in the FAQ area.
Thanks! (Let me know if there are concerns and we will reopen, this is for housekeeping, only, not to disrupt an excellent discussion.) -
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