For what it's worth, Six Apart re-implemented the Akismet API in its "Serotype" software, and that server-side software is GPLv2. With a simple API endpoint change, the Wordpress plugin (or any other Akismet-interaction software) can use Serotype instead.
I don't know if the existence of a Free server-side implementation would have any effect on influencing Fedora Legal one way or the other, but I figured I'd throw it out there. - Ken On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Tom Callaway <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/31/2013 02:12 PM, Jochen Schmitt wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm currently working with a own WordPress blog and have to find out, > that the > > WordPress plugin is only free for personal use. > > > > In the readme.txt file you find the folllowing inforatioons: > > > > License: GPLv2 or later > > > > PS: You'll need an [Akismet.com API key](http://akismet.com/get/) to > use it. Keys are free for personal blogs, with paid subscriptions > available for businesses and commercial sites. > > > > The above cited sentence told be, that commercial sites have to pay > > a fee, if they wnat to use that plugin. > > > > Becuase this violate the Fedora policy, I would like your mind > > about this situation. > > This is a weird one. I'm not sure if it counts as a license use > restriction or not. Lemme consider it. > > ~tom > > == > Fedora Project > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal >
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