Comments for Why non-GPL extensions are bad for YOU! My experience. at http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:39:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com/139-Why-non-GPL-extensions-are-bad-for-YOU-My-experience.html#comment-21 I think a more accurate title for this sad tale would be "Why non-GPL [b]ENRCRYPTED[/b] extensions are bad for you". I have used many non-gpl extensions that provide the full source so I can still make all the changes that I want. But I will never use any encrypted extension, I just dont trust people. - Brian Teeman Wed, 13 May 2009 19:26:23 +0100 http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com/139-Why-non-GPL-extensions-are-bad-for-YOU-My-experience.html#comment-20 Good piece. Agree 100%. The community can help one another with GPL extensions. If you get a proprietary extension, you're really kind of on your own. Using proprietary extensions with Joomla! does not violate Joomla!'s license, but distributing those extensions is very likely a violation of the license. It's been two years since the decision was made that extensions should use the GPL. In July 2009, all non-GPL extensions will be removed from JED. That will be a helpful step in the right direction. - Amy Stephen Wed, 13 May 2009 11:32:06 +0100 http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com/139-Why-non-GPL-extensions-are-bad-for-YOU-My-experience.html#comment-17 Hello, I just had to chime in on this statement. There are MANY non-GPL licensed software titles available that are very good and they offer top quality support. You make it sound like all non-gpl software is bad. I have to agree that those of us in the open source software community are very used to having access to the source code so that we can make modifications and fixes if necessary. There are a lot of commercial vendors that do encrypt their proprietary software. We are not one of them. And I agree that the source should be available to the purchaser so that he can make modifications and tweaks if needed. I have been in your shoes many times. But I do not think it is fair to say that ALL non-gpl licensed extensions are bad. Perhaps you are not so much frustrated with non-gpl licensed extensions as you are with the actual encryption that has been done to some of them. But keep in mind that just because an extension does not carry a GPL license, it does not neccesarily mean that it has been encrypted or restricted. ;) - Mike Carson Mon, 04 May 2009 12:49:46 +0100