cand. inf. Alexander M. Turek a écrit :
Hi there,
Sebastian Mendel schrieb:
Hosteurope (ISP for webspace, virtual server and housing)
is asking for permission to use phpMyAdmin with her own theme without PMA logo - for better integration with their other user interfaces
(they already use phpMyAdmin for their customers, but with default theme)
I guess that's fine with the GPL as long as changing the theme does not result in removing/hiding copyright information (e.g. the README file).
But another thing that came to my mind when reading this: What about the custom theme itself? I'm not a GPL specialist, but does the GPL force them to make their theme available under the GPL, too? If so, is this something we want? :-)
Hi Alexander,
reading this:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
I would answer that since they released their version publicly, it's also covered by the GPL. In some sense, the custom theme is a modification of the original theme, no?
I think that we should inform them of this. However I don't think we should merge their custom theme in our SVN or offer it for download. They would have the responsibility of giving access to the source code.
Marc