Comments on: Fix your Markdown comments http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/fix-your-markdown-comments/ Adventures with Computers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-252 Martin Geisler Mon, 23 May 2005 17:43:20 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/23/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-252 <p>Okay, thanks for the explaination. It works very nicely now, so I'm happy!</p> Okay, thanks for the explaination. It works very nicely now, so I’m happy!

]]> By: Denis de Bernardy http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-251 Denis de Bernardy Mon, 23 May 2005 15:58:11 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/23/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-251 <p>The fix had to be GPL because of a big chunk of code in it that is courtesy of Kimmo Suominen. As far as I know, not all plugins are GPL.</p> <p>Best I know is Michel decided to not distribute the fix himself, because he fixed Markdown for 1.5.1 in the meanwhile. But as he did, 1.5.1 introduced a new bug which the fix plugin fixes as well.</p> The fix had to be GPL because of a big chunk of code in it that is courtesy of Kimmo Suominen. As far as I know, not all plugins are GPL.

Best I know is Michel decided to not distribute the fix himself, because he fixed Markdown for 1.5.1 in the meanwhile. But as he did, 1.5.1 introduced a new bug which the fix plugin fixes as well.

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-250 Martin Geisler Mon, 23 May 2005 15:25:01 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/23/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-250 <p>Aha... so your plugin fixes which have to be distributed under the [GPL][] --- because they are derived from WordPress, which itself is distributed under the GPL.</p> <p>Why didn't Michel just distribute the fixes himself in that case? He could even have licensed his port under the GPL from what I know, since GPL programs can come from BSD programs (but not the other way around).</p> Aha… so your plugin fixes which have to be distributed under the [GPL][] — because they are derived from WordPress, which itself is distributed under the GPL.

Why didn’t Michel just distribute the fixes himself in that case? He could even have licensed his port under the GPL from what I know, since GPL programs can come from BSD programs (but not the other way around).

]]> By: Denis de Bernardy http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-249 Denis de Bernardy Mon, 23 May 2005 14:59:26 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2005/05/23/fix-your-markdown-comments/#comment-249 <p>Actually, it's a courtesy of Michel Fortin, who maintains php Markdown. Michel sent me the bug fixes for release under GPL as soon as I notified him that I was beginning to work on them.</p> Actually, it’s a courtesy of Michel Fortin, who maintains php Markdown. Michel sent me the bug fixes for release under GPL as soon as I notified him that I was beginning to work on them.

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