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Copyright issue

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Daniel Kobar

Friday 30 July 2010 10:40:37 am

Hi,
One copyright issue. If I use the GPL version of ezpublish, am I obliged to keep EZ copyright information and "Powered by ... " informaion at the footer of the pages and <meta> tags?
I do not want to remove that informations from the source code (php, tpl...), but only from the html code that the system generates and sends to a web browser. Is that allowed by the GPL license?

Thiago Campos Viana

Friday 30 July 2010 10:48:44 am

No, you can hide this information, there's an option on design->look and fell

But if you change the kernel you need to release your changes as gpl. If you want to sell proprietary code based on eZ you'll need buy some of the proprietary license.

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Robin Muilwijk

Friday 30 July 2010 11:13:43 am

Hi Daniel,

Welcome to the community portal. I'll keep it short, Thiago is spot on with his answer. You are allowed to hide/remove the copyright line / output to your site.

Regards Robin

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Daniel Kobar

Friday 30 July 2010 2:19:48 pm

Thanks for the quick and clear answer! :)