Licenses

[Sama34]

Well I always tend to follow licenses. I don't mind releasing my plugins as Open Source when it is my own code, but the problem comes when I do want to insert other people code into my own and this is not Open Source.

(08-05-2012 11:16 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(08-05-2012 04:53 AM)Sama34 Wrote:  Can I use GPLv3 code in LGPL sofware maintaining the LGPL license, if so, how?

Yes you can - you just include it.  The end user will probably need to follow the GPL part though.

What about using GPL/LGPL in non open source scripts? AFAIU GPL can't, but what about including LGPL? Is it possible?

I had read some comments about whether MyBB premium plugins can really exist (probably from when MyBB was GPL and not LGPL), I will assume than, since premium plugins are included by the MyBB script, there is nothing wrong with them?

(08-05-2012 11:16 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  But you probably shouldn't be modifying non-free code anyway

I don't , or at least no that I intent to release it, I just meant using GPL code into my own that is under a private license (no open source).

* I will assume "Open Source" is the code that you can "read, edit, and redistribute" with no problem (ie: GPL) and not code that is under a private license even if this is free (since most of those allow you to edit but not to redistribute).