[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
My company is about to begin selling a product that uses CodeIgniter, and I need to clarify what we need to do to comply with the terms of the license.
The relevant part of the license says:
Quote:Products derived from the Software must include an acknowledgment that they are derived from CodeIgniter in their documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
How does EllisLab define "derived"?
If it is defined like "derivative work" in the GPL, then anything that incorporates a non-trivial bit of CodeIgniter code is a derivative work, and we have to include an acknowledgment.
If it is defined like "derivative work" in U.S. copyright law, or in OSL-3.0, then our product is not a derivative work, and we don't have to include an acknowledgment.
