FCKEditor open source license: what are the conditions for free use?

Hi all,
I was not sure which forum I should put my question in. Please forgive
me if I've used a wrong forum.

I want to use FCKEditor for a php-based website I am developing for a
company. I am a bit confused about the licensing issue. They seem to
have 2 types of license: http://www.fckeditor.net/license.

Under open source license, it says:

"For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
code. If you link other code with the library, you must provide
complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them
with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling
it. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights."

It looks like I have to provide the source code of FCKEditor with my
website. Does that mean, I give public access to the javascript files
or whatever files they have used in FCKEditor?

I just wanted to make sure that I can use FCKeditor in the website.

Thanks!

crescent_au@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> I was not sure which forum I should put my question in. Please forgive
> me if I've used a wrong forum.
>
> I want to use FCKEditor for a php-based website I am developing for a
> company. I am a bit confused about the licensing issue. They seem to
> have 2 types of license: http://www.fckeditor.net/license.
>
> Under open source license, it says:
>
> "For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
> or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
> you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
> code. If you link other code with the library, you must provide
> complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them
> with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling
> it. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights."
>
> It looks like I have to provide the source code of FCKEditor with my
> website. Does that mean, I give public access to the javascript files
> or whatever files they have used in FCKEditor?
>
> I just wanted to make sure that I can use FCKeditor in the website.
>
> Thanks!

You're not distributing the software just because you use the editor to
create some text. That (distributing) would be the only reason you would
need to distribute the libraries/source code. You can create all the text
(html) for your site that you want.

This is what happens when people listen to the MS-FUD about how the GPL
and/or OSS is a cancer.

--
"This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is
not God who kills the children. Not Fate that butchers them or Destiny
that feeds them to dogs. It's us. Only us." - Rorschach, Watchmen

crescent_au@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was not sure which forum I should put my question in. Please forgive
> me if I've used a wrong forum.
>
> I want to use FCKEditor for a php-based website I am developing for a
> company. I am a bit confused about the licensing issue. They seem to
> have 2 types of license: http://www.fckeditor.net/license.
>
> Under open source license, it says:
>
> "For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
> or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
> you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
> code. If you link other code with the library, you must provide
> complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them
> with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling
> it. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights."
>
> It looks like I have to provide the source code of FCKEditor with my
> website. Does that mean, I give public access to the javascript files
> or whatever files they have used in FCKEditor?
>
> I just wanted to make sure that I can use FCKeditor in the website.
>
> Thanks!
>

Rather than cross-posting this to multiple newsgroups, why not just ask
the authors themselves? No one else will be able to give you an
authoritative answer.

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