<div dir="ltr"><div><div>For what it's worth, Six Apart re-implemented the Akismet API in its "Serotype" software, and that server-side software is GPLv2. With a simple API endpoint change, the Wordpress plugin (or any other Akismet-interaction software) can use Serotype instead.<br>
<br></div>I don't know if the existence of a Free server-side implementation would have any effect on influencing Fedora Legal one way or the other, but I figured I'd throw it out there.<br><br></div>- Ken<br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Tom Callaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tcallawa@redhat.com" target="_blank">tcallawa@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 03/31/2013 02:12 PM, Jochen Schmitt wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I'm currently working with a own WordPress blog and have to find out, that the<br>
> WordPress plugin is only free for personal use.<br>
><br>
> In the readme.txt file you find the folllowing inforatioons:<br>
><br>
> License: GPLv2 or later<br>
><br>
> PS: You'll need an [Akismet.com API key](<a href="http://akismet.com/get/" target="_blank">http://akismet.com/get/</a>) to use it. Keys are free for personal blogs, with paid subscriptions available for businesses and commercial sites.<br>
><br>
> The above cited sentence told be, that commercial sites have to pay<br>
> a fee, if they wnat to use that plugin.<br>
><br>
> Becuase this violate the Fedora policy, I would like your mind<br>
> about this situation.<br>
<br>
</div>This is a weird one. I'm not sure if it counts as a license use<br>
restriction or not. Lemme consider it.<br>
<br>
~tom<br>
<br>
==<br>
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