[geeklog-devel] Geeklog CKEditor Integration

Dirk Haun dirk at haun-online.de
Tue Jul 30 15:55:59 EDT 2013


Yoshinori Tahara <taharaxp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 3: If you have the ability to release the project under GPLv2 or any later version, you can choose to release it under GPLv3 or any later version and once you do that, you'll be able to incorporate the code released under GPLv3.
> 
> I think, in order to distribute (convey) the Geeklog that integrates CKEditor, it is necessary to upgrade Geeklog license to GPLv3.

I'm also getting the impression that this is what was meant by the two licenses being "compatible" in the FAQ that Tom pointed to earlier. If so, that's sort of sneaky :-/


> There would be the following three options to us.
> 
> 1. Upgrade Geeklog license to GPLv3

I'm against that. While well-intended, the GPLv3 contains too much politics and makes things more complicated than they should be, IMHO.


> 2. Switch to other editors (example: TinyMCE under LGPLv2.1)

What other alternatives are there?


> 3. Cancel the integration of CKEditor and release as the CKEditor plugin

Would that actually work around the issue?

bye, Dirk


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