First and foremost I'm no legal advisor, so you will have to clear this with
someone who is.
XWiki is released under a LGPL, so I believe you are allowed to write and
license you own modules, script, etc. anyway you want to.
But if you use adoptions of the existing code you have to release it under the
same license, here the LGPG.
How it actually works with configuration files, I don't know. Are they
considered a part of the licensed code or not?
I do believe you are allowed to set up your own version of XWiki and sell it
(as in charging money), but you still have to include the original license and
all the source code.
Here are some easy to understand description of LGPL from Wikipedia
The LGPL places copyleft restrictions on the program itself but does not apply
these restrictions to other software that merely links with the program. There
are, however, certain other restrictions on this software.
The LGPL is primarily used for software libraries, although it is also used by
some stand-alone applications, most notably Mozilla and OpenOffice.org.
Version 3 of the LGPL is constructed by applying a GPL linking exception to
version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
And
The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that the latter can be
linked to (in the case of a library, 'used by') a non-(L)GPLed program, and
regardless of whether it is free software or proprietary software.[1] This
non-(L)GPLed program can then be distributed under any chosen terms if it is
not a derivative work. If it is a derivative work, then the terms must allow
modification for the customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging
such modifications. Whether a work that uses an LGPL program is a derivative
work or not is a legal issue. A standalone executable that dynamically links to
a library is generally accepted as not being a derivative work. It would be
considered a work that uses the library and paragraph 5 of the LGPL applies.
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] På vegne af Bey
Youcef
Sendt: 8. september 2009 19:34
Til: XWiki Users
Emne: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki copyright
Thanks Sergiu,
I means: add modules, create new templates, adaptation of existing scripts,
add new tables in the databasefor creating a functional environment that
I may sell it.
Is it possible with XWiki?
Thanks in advance.
y.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu ser...@xwiki.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 18:16, Bey Youcefyoucef@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
Is it possible with XWiki to develop a commercial environments and sell
them?
Probably yes, what do you mean by commercial environments?
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