Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
gpl v1 and v2 does not allow addition changes to the licence – and qodies plugin do only work, when you purchase a licence for every domain.
without the licence verification on there servers, the plugin does not work.
this is obvious against the GPL v2.
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Jan Dembowski
(@jdembowski)
Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
this is obvious against the GPL v2.
It really isn’t.
Note: I don’t use any of that company’s plugins and think that that plugin is, well, useless in my opinion. Also I am not on the plugin team so keep that in mind if/when I get something wrong. 😉
For reporting issues like that send a detailed email to plugins [at] wordpress.org.
Hosting GPL’ed plugins here means the code for that plugin has to follow the rules. What part of that plugin isn’t GPL compatible? Just because it requires paying a company to use a service does not make it non-GPL. It’s about the code.
If your complaint is basically “They’re charging money for their service and I don’t like that” then I don’t think you’ll get the result you expect.
Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
jan dembowski, have you ever read the gpl?
instead of trolling around….you shoudl read the lience at least once..
oh..you really have read the gpl and you still assume that everybody that wants to report a licence violation is: “If your complaint is basically “They’re charging money for their service and I don’t like that” then I don’t think you’ll get the result you expect.”
1) those plugin files do not include a copy of the gpl licence file. (gpl preamble)
2) gpl v2 clearly states that
” You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.”
means also that you can NOT split seperate lience on domains and check them with other peace of software on external servers.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
The plugin itself is GPL. You can download it and re-use any part of the code for your own purposes. The service it references is not. That’s an entirely different subject.
And accusing a forum moderator of trolling is not the way to get anyone to take you seriously. I suggest you moderate your own responses a little more if you want this discussion to continue.
Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
gpl v2 §2 all code has to be included…so also external licence checks.
Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
esmi, read the gpl v2….IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO MIX LICENCES
The plugin itself is GPL. There is no mixing of licenses.
Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
they do, read the code of theplugins.
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Please indicate where – within the plugin’s code – there is a reference to a non GPL license.
It’s within GPL, as this plugin, essential, requires an API to connect to their server.
See, it’s their box handling the redirection, not yours (though for the life of me I don’t know why someone would want a 3rd party to do what .htaccess can. Different strokes, I suppose).
The only part of the Plugin that must be GPL2 compatible (or higher) is the part that’s hosted on WP.org. Which it is. Now the plugin must also comply to the rules and regulations of the repo, and that would be where, if anything, there might be a violation. The rigmarole of one domain per license is not an issue, as you’re getting an API to use their service for that one domain. That’s okay. The plugin itself can be installed on as many domains as you want, it just won’t work without the API. Which is permitted 🙂
Now if you can show us what lines, in the code, are non-GPL, that’s another matter. I did a quick scan and it looks acceptable to me.
Thread Starter
pss7
(@pss7)
no – it isn’t.
if you provide gpl source code – you are NOT allowed to add external licence code to it – this has been ruled out by court in germany.
btw..I’m really disapointed about the bad support here – admins should be aware of the gpl – and not fight against those – who look forward not to hole out the licence.
anyway..jan provided the the contact – thx.
and Ipsenu: if you really had a look at the code or the plugin description..you would know, that there is no external api calls other then the licence check – which is illegal.
wordpress support stuff has disabled all qody plugins – so topic can be closed.
