Today the Joomla project made an announcement
that sets itself apart from both it's users and the GNU GPL Licence that it stands behind.
Joomla is released under version 2 (not version 2.1 as the announcement says) of the GNU GPL Licence but it includes numerous pieces of code released under other licences. However the "joomla community" has apparently decided that extension developers do not have the same freedom.
From the latest licences.php file we can see that "Joomla! includes or is derivative of works distributed under the licenses listed below."
* BSD License
* GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL) version 2.1
* MIT License
* PHP License version 3.0
The fact that the PHP Licence itself is not compatible with the GNU GPL Licence itself is a different issue and one for another time.
The Free Software Foundation list numerous licences as being GPL compatible so if it is good enough for Joomla and the Free Software Foundation why is it not good enough for the Joomla Extensions Directory?
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