[Typo3-dev] Non-GPL licence on a GPL extension

[Martin Kutschker]

Georg Kuehnberger schrieb:
> At 15:58 23.11.2005, Martin Kutschker wrote:
> 
>> > Typically you buy either support or you sponser some GPL coverd
>> > improvements that you require. I admit some people "forget" to let them
>> > free.
 >>
>> I was not talking about TYPO3 but standalone apps.
>> You can only buy TYPO3 support.
> 
> as stated above and also explained by masi, you might offer 
> integrateable non-GPL standalone apps, which integrate fine into TYPO3;

This is NOT what I wrote. To the contrary! You can NEVER use any 
non-GPL-compatible code with TYPO3 except if you use a CLI-API.

There are no exceptions to the GPL. Any custom code you write for 
customers has to be GPL'ed (or be in a compatible licence).

>> But remember, there is no obligation to publish code of custom
>> extensions (eg to TER). The only obligation of the GPL is to deliver the
>> code to the customer.

So yo might want to charge higher prices because the customer ALWAYS 
gets the code AND the rights to modify and distribute the code!

> Thanks for clarifying this again;

Though I seem to have been misunderstood.

Masi