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1. PunBB sold: http://punbb.informer.com/forums/viewtop...=19084&p=1

2. Team splits and decides no more to work for the same project: http://punbb.informer.com/forums/viewtop...=19157&p=1

3. FluxBB is born: http://fluxbb.org/ (using existing code)

That's how cool GPL license is .

I don't think all of this is caused by GPL license.

According to sourceforge MyBB isn't opensource. Nor is my software. We have to allow our users to be able to sell the product as-well.

DennisTT Wrote:I don't think all of this is caused by GPL license.

The GPL license enables them to fork the code. If MyBB was to be bought by another company and to remain with the same closed source license, then we can't fork the code out.

Jeff Wrote:

DennisTT Wrote:I don't think all of this is caused by GPL license.

The GPL license enables them to fork the code. If MyBB was to be bought by another company and to remain with the same closed source license, then we can't fork the code out.

Now i see what all the griping was about with the license.

Yeah some people don't realize how liberal GNU/GPL really is. You can easily fork a project and even turn that into a commercial work. That's exactly what Red Hat has done.

rcpalace Wrote:According to sourceforge MyBB isn't opensource. Nor is my software. We have to allow our users to be able to sell the product as-well.

MyBB is EULA, not GPL, right?

Clair Wrote:

rcpalace Wrote:According to sourceforge MyBB isn't opensource. Nor is my software. We have to allow our users to be able to sell the product as-well.

MyBB is EULA, not GPL, right?

Correct. But since selling the product is prohibited, sourceforge doesn't take the software as opensource

rcpalace Wrote:

Clair Wrote:

rcpalace Wrote:According to sourceforge MyBB isn't opensource. Nor is my software. We have to allow our users to be able to sell the product as-well.

MyBB is EULA, not GPL, right?

Correct. But since selling the product is prohibited, sourceforge doesn't take the software as opensource

Basically has it's pro's and con's. If i remember correctly this is sorta what happend at IPB years ago. Talking way before they went paid back when IPB started..

Clair Wrote:

rcpalace Wrote:According to sourceforge MyBB isn't opensource. Nor is my software. We have to allow our users to be able to sell the product as-well.

MyBB is EULA, not GPL, right?

An EULA is like a license. GPL is a type of license.

rcpalace Wrote:Correct. But since selling the product is prohibited, sourceforge doesn't take the software as opensource

Hm. Under GPL, it is still possible to commercialize the software.