[TYPO3-english] Extensions which potentially violate GPL

[Kay Strobach]

Hi Phil,

my post came up 2 minutes earlier :=) - but anyway the intention is the
same ;)

Thanks
Kay

Am 15.12.2010 11:46, schrieb Philipp Gampe:
> Hello Community,
> 
> recently there was a discussion on typo3.german concerning the license of 
> extensions on TER.
> 
> The "Terms of use for the TER" are pretty strait forward:
>> By registering an extension key you accept that all content uploaded to 
> TER (TYPO3 Extension Repository) matches these terms
>> 1) Published under the GPL license or GPL compatible
>> 2) You hold the copyright of the code or do not infringe the rights of 
> others (meaning that work from others must be under GPL or GPL compatible 
> already!)
> 
> Unfortunately some extensions contain content that might violate GPL.
> 
> While discussing possible workarounds/solutions, we agreed that the first 
> step must be a list of all problematic extension.
> 
> Therefore, it would be nice of everyone who knows a problematic 
> extensions could add them to the wiki at:
> http://wiki.typo3.org/
> Overview_Extension_manuals#Extensions_which_potentially_violate_the_GPL
> 
> Further actions are still to be discussion and potentially won't happen 
> this year any more. (TYPO3 4.5 is approaching and consumes most time.)
> 
> If you want to reread the german discussion: the Thread is "Extensions 
> und Lizenzen" started at Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:38:56 +0200.
> 
> Best regards
> Phil