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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0029170 | mantisbt | customization | public | 2021-10-13 03:55 | 2021-11-11 16:01 |
Reporter | rabbit01 | Assigned To | dregad | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | trivial | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
Summary | 0029170: Configurations covered by GPL? | ||||
Description | Hi. MantisBT is covered by GPL, so I need to allow access to the source, which is basically given by not removing the link to mantisbt.org. Now my question: Again, I appologize, if that's not really the right place to post that question. Kind regards, | ||||
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Are you actually distributing your customized version of MantisBT (i.e. the source code) to your clients, for them to install ? Or just hosting a MantisBT instance with your customizations for them to use ? My understanding is that if you're not selling or redistributing the code, then there is no need to make your changes available. Per wikipedia:
If you are redistributing the software, then GPL applies and forbids doing so under a non-disclosure agreement. But even then your specific case is debatable, because config_inc.php and custom_strings_inc.php are not part of the original distribution, and therefore IMHO not covered by the GPL. That said, I am not a lawyer... And speaking for myself here, I'm definitely not going to sue you over this ;-) |
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Hi dregad. Anyway... it looks like we will not write a NDA anyway, just because even if we would, there's almost no way how to prove that the customer disclosed information to others: Too many ways to configure mantis the same way or slightly different (e.g. they could use the database instead). And even if they do: we (and especially you guys as developers) can be proud, that this wonderful piece of software get distributed all over the place to solve all sorts of problems. A big shout-out to you! Thanks! Issue can be closed in my eyes (except if you would like to continue the discussion)... |
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Oh, just wait with closing the issue for a while. Will paste answre to this issue for later references |
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You have not provided any feedback, so I'm going to close the issue; feel free to reopen if necessary. |
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