[ubuntu-uk] GPL etc.

Simon Greenwood sfgreenwood at gmail.com
Mon Dec 26 10:52:58 UTC 2011


On 26 December 2011 10:37, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:

> This isn't strictly Ubuntu, but more a generic "Open Source" question.
>
> I am looking for a WYSIWYG editor for my own bespoke CMS that I have
> written, and have until now been using FCKEditor.
>
> I have found this one, however, which looks very nice but it isn't
> generic... it's specifically written as a Joomla plug-in
>
> http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/
>
> Am I able to fork this, and make it "generic" (ie. so it can be integrated
> into any CMS)?
>
> My understanding of GPL is that as long as I make the generic version
> available to everybody, under the same GPL, I should be okay?
>
> Any advice would be gratefully received.
>
>
In a nutshell, yes, that's correct.

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