Conflicting license headers in some dolphin files.

Seems some of the files in dolphin have conflicting license headers that don't agree with the terms of the CC-BY License.

File:

subscription.php

Header:
/**
 * Copyright (c) BoonEx Pty Limited - http://www.boonex.com/
 * CC-BY License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 */

/***************************************************************************
 *
 *   This is a free software; you can modify it under the terms of BoonEx
 *   Product License Agreement published on BoonEx site at http://www.boonex.com/downloads/license.pdf
 *   You may not however distribute it for free or/and a fee.
 *   This notice may not be removed from the source code. You may not also remove any other visible
 *   reference and links to BoonEx Group as provided in source code.
 *
 ***************************************************************************/

Files:

administration\js\email_templates.js

administration\js\lang_file.js

administration\js\memb_levels.js

administration\js\privacy.js

inc\js\functions.js

inc\js\classes\BxDolFiles.js

inc\js\classes\BxDolNotifications.js

inc\js\classes\BxDolSubscription.js

Header:

/***************************************************************************
 *                            Dolphin Web Community Software
 *                              -------------------
 *     begin                : Mon Mar 23 2006
 *     copyright            : (C) 2007 BoonEx Group
 *     website              : http://www.boonex.com
 *
 *
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *
 *   This is a free software; you can modify it under the terms of BoonEx
 *   Product License Agreement published on BoonEx site at http://www.boonex.com/downloads/license.pdf
 *   You may not however distribute it for free or/and a fee.
 *   This notice may not be removed from the source code. You may not also remove any other visible
 *   reference and links to BoonEx Group as provided in source code.
 *
 ***************************************************************************/

These are the only ones i have found so far.

Are these files CC-BY or not? Headers seem to indicate they are not.

Thank you Deano for pointing this out, it looks like these files were missed during bulk changes in the past:

https://github.com/boonex/dolphin.pro/issues/682

Well Alex, you know you can't change the licensing agreement for any files that have already been released.  Of course you can change the licensing going forward for new releases.  So, the licensing agreement for those files already released stands.  Just so you understand.

Another one in these files.

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\base\design.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\dolphin\class.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\dolphin\design.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\events\class.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\events\design.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\groups\class.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\groups\design.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\store\class.php

modules\boonex\forum\integrations\store\design.php

Header

/**
*                            Orca Interactive Forum Script
*                              ---------------
*     Started             : Mon Mar 23 2006
*     Copyright           : (C) 2007 BoonEx Group
*     Website             : http://www.boonex.com
* This file is part of Orca - Interactive Forum Script
* GPL
**/

These ones seem to indicate the GPL License.

Thank you Deano for more findings and than you GeekGirl for mentioning this.

I think you can change licensing requirements on the current release provided the license is being made less restrictive (more open). For example, you can change the license in every Dolphin file to MIT today and that would be fine.

The thing is, all files should display the same license, but files containing third party code should clearly state what their license terms are.