Re: PHPNuke license
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:07:21PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > However, I would like to play devil's advocate for a second:
> >
> > A person could consider a Web application to be a program that
> > "reads commands interactively" in the same sense that a GUI app does.
> > In this sense, GPL 2c is binding upon us to leave that in place.
> > This is the argument made by the FSF staffer I cited before.
>
> Which FSF staffer advocated this extremely broad interpretation of 2c?
> If this heresy is the new GNU orthodoxy we may have some problems.
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=49
says:
"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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