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

Dimitri Tarassenko mitka at mitka.us
Fri Nov 25 04:52:13 CET 2005


Martin,

On 11/24/05, Martin Kutschker
<martin.kutschker-n0spam at no5pam-blackbox.net> wrote:
> > Spirit schmirit. ;) "clearly against the spirit" is your personal
> > judgement, so let's leave it aside. Show me where does it say in GPL
> > that I can't build an extension that links WebTrends (a commercially
> > licensed web analytics software) or Kayako (PHP-based support center)
> > to Typo3 and use it internally on my own servers?
>
> As I see it, you do create something that is distinct from this "mere
> aggragation", you are creating a derivativ work.
> The only reason you can use it at home is because nobody knows. With
> nobody watching I can do an amazingly large number of things ;-)

I'm sorry, I was asking for a reference to a particular GPL clause
that prohibits me from doing so. I've heard your opinion already, and
was interested if you could substantiate it with a reference to a
particular place in the license that I may have missed.

--
Dimitri Tarassenko


More information about the TYPO3-dev mailing list