[TYPO3-dev] License of t3editor in Typo3 4.2

Martin Kutschker Martin.Kutschker at n0spam-blackbox.net
Thu Mar 13 09:59:51 CET 2008


Tobias Liebig schrieb:
> Hej,
> 
> the t3editor is based on the CodeMirror by Marijn Haverbeke.
> (http://marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/)
> He released the CodeMirror source with an own(?) license (see in LICENSE
> file the "original license"). Looks like 3-clause-BSD.
> I think this is GPL-complatible, is this right?
> 
> The t3editor is of course also based on the TYPO3-Core (which is GPL).
> So the t3editor inherits the GPL and override die CodeMirror-License.
>  
> Am I right so far?

You took BSD code and changed the licence to GPL? I don't think that you 
can change the licence. If the licenses are compatible they may stay 
together, but I thin kyou need permission of the author to redistribute the 
(changed) code in another license.

Masi




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