[Geany] new file.html template's GPL

[Krzysztof Żelechowski]

Dnia czwartek, 30 grudnia 2010 o 20:06:34 Dominic Hopf napisał(a):
> Am Donnerstag, den 30.12.2010, 11:29 +0100 schrieb Krzysztof
> Żelechowski:
> > Dnia czwartek, 30 grudnia 2010 o 04:53:02 Kete napisał(a):
> > > The GPL seems weird for a webpage to have in its source code because I don't 
> > > think of webpages as programs or "software" as the template says. Why is the 
> > > GPL used for a webpage? I understand it's good for some of the other things 
> > > that people use Geany to make because those are actual programs. Would the 
> > > GNU Free Documentation License or a Creative Commons license be more 
> > > applicable for webpages? I think I might make some more templates with one of 
> > > these licenses and/or the HTML 5 format.
> > 
> > If a web page contains script, e.g. to write the markup in the browser, the script might be under GPL as well.
> 
> In that case the AGPL may be better, since it guarantees the source to
> be open. With GPL it would be possible to run a server-side program
> without having the sources public...

Whether the sources on the server are public or not is completely irrelevant to Geany.

That said, I have no problem with server-side code with a proprietary license.  

  * If it is not your server, you cannot modify the code anyway.  
  * If it is your server and third-party code, it comes with a binding license already.
  * If it is your server and your code, you have no obligation to publish the code.  
     In this case, instead of providing the code, you serve your processing power and your bandwidth to the public.

IMHO,
Chris