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How the Open Source Makers revolution is continuing…

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I’m obviously a big fan of the open source philosophy – in addition to using WordPress as a content platform, I’ve been heavily involved with the Jigoshop open source eCommerce project , worked with Magento for clients including Jigowatt , and take a keen interest in the use of Creative Commons and GPL licensing for content.

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Open source development, forking and GP licences

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I’ve spent the last 24 hours concentrating on some work for friends and clients, Jigoshop regarding their use of the GPL Licence V3 and the repercussions of ‘forking’ a project under that licence, so if you’re at all interested in open source, you might want to head over and read the latest post to see what’s going on. (..)

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Client solves Ecommerce for WordPress via Open Source

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And the other is that it’s one of the first times I’ve been working on a project which is delivering something via Open Source, rather than using OS products as an end user. The benefits of a true Open Source Ecommerce solution. So what makes Jigoshop so good?