License check

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Currently Dokeos is licensed under GNU GPL v2. This page researches whether our newest code, Dokeos LCMS branch, can be upgraded to GNU GPL v3. We check not only Dokeos but also the additional packages we'd like to include in our distributed packages.

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Dokeos code

OK, v2 or later 

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Additional packages with compatible licenses

  • KSES: GNU General Public License Version 2 or later
  • FckEditor: GNU General Public License Version 2 or later
  • PEAR MDB2: BSD license, is compatible with GPL

Additional packages with License problems

Html Quickform

This PEAR package is under the PHP license, which is incompatible (see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html). Solution: upgrade to Html Quickform 2, which has BSD license.

http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm "This package has been superseded, but is still maintained for bugs and security fixes. Use HTML_QuickForm2 instead."

http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm2 "PHP5 rewrite of HTML_QuickForm package", BSD license

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