[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-30 Thread christocracy
> Just a heads up to everyone who has done some work with Ext. Since Ext > 2.1 the new license is GPL3 (not LGPL). Since GPL is viral all code > that bundles Ext will become GPL3 too. Something you might not want > to happen. Fear not: http://extjs.com/products/ux-exception.php Chris Scott Ext

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-25 Thread kwikgoal
Just my opinion, but the license is reasonable. If you want to sell that uses GPL code, you can certainly invest in creating your own version or negotiate a different license (mentioned before). But I would not want to be the first company to test this in court (US). That is why companies shy aw

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread Shawn
Oh, and if you modify the EXT code. Then you need to make THOSE changes available. But, your PHP code can be licensed however you'd like - as long as you respect the EXT license (and PHP, and any other tools/libraries you are using). It does not make any sense at all that the EXT develope

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread Shawn
If Ext is GPL, then only the Ext libraries need to be GPL. If you have code referencing Ext - that is NOT Ext, and so that specific code does NOT need to be GPL'd. All this means is that when you distribute your apps (sell em, give em away, etc.), you are obligated to include the source for

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread Jake McGraw
> > Does it mean, that if I have PHP application, that uses javascript > > under GPL3, I must release also PHP source? > > > > AFAIK if you bundle something GPL everything will become GPL. This includes > your PHP source. Just an FYI, this is only for non-commercial versions of ExtJS. I suppose

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread Mika Tuupola
On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:26 PM, MichaL Sanger wrote: Does it mean, that if I have PHP application, that uses javascript under GPL3, I must release also PHP source? AFAIK if you bundle something GPL everything will become GPL. This includes your PHP source. However if you do not bundle GPL c

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread MichaL Sanger
Does it mean, that if I have PHP application, that uses javascript under GPL3, I must release also PHP source? MichaL On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:16 AM, xwisdom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah, the GPL 3 is viral and most open source developers don't even > realize that once they distribut

[jQuery] Re: Ext went GPL

2008-04-24 Thread xwisdom
Yeah, the GPL 3 is viral and most open source developers don't even realize that once they distribute apps with the open source extjs 2.1 library they will have to license their apps under GPL3. I personally prefer LGPL. The problem for me was that ExtJS did not open source the images and style