On Jan 4, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:08 AM, justanotheradress wrote: > >> >> Hi all >> >> I'm totally confused. :-( >> >> If I use XWIKI, which is published under LGPL, am I allowed to >> write a >> module/plugin and not publish it or do I have to publish it under >> LGPL too? > > AFAIK, yes you can write extensions and not publish them under an open > source license. > > If you make any modification to the current code though you'll have to > share it with the community under the LGPL license.
Actually I think that if you make any modification to the core you also need to share it with the community under the LGPL license. So the "virality" doesn't apply only to extensions. In the case of xwiki this means: macros, plugins, code snippets in pages, applications, extensions (a la XEclipse). -Vincent > > > At least this is my understanding (I'm not a license expert). > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> Thanks for any clarification >> Simon >> >> PS: I know this is a standard question, but seriously I did not >> found an >> easy, understandable, concise and without long follow-ups about >> whether the >> interpretation is right or not, answer to this in hours of >> searching. Is it >> me or is (L)GPL one of the most complicated license nowadays? > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
