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RE: [ccnet-devel] Re: Custom dashboard plugins not loading

Ross Patterson <rpatter...@qknow.com>

trey writes:
>Ignorant question re: the license; can I modify that in my own copy of
>the 1.2.1 source and redeploy the dashboard assembly to my private
>build environment without breaking the license?

I Am Not A Lawyer, but I understand the answer to be "yes".  There is
nothing in the ThoughtWorks Open Source Software License
(http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/License) that
limits how you use CCNet, only how you "redistribute" it.
Redistribution is commonly understood in the Open Source community as
the GNU General Public License 3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
defines "propagate":

        To "propagate" a work means to do anything with it that, without
        permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for
        infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it
        on a computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes
        copying, distribution (with or without modification), making
        available to the public, and in some countries other activities
        as well.

Ross
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