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cross-solution / YAWIK

YAWIK is a web application. It can be used as an ATS applicant tracking system or as a jobboard.
https://yawik.org
MIT License
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Possible license issue with mPDF #137

Closed utrenkner closed 3 years ago

utrenkner commented 9 years ago

I was looking through the dependencies and found that YAWIK uses mPDF for PDF generation. This may pose a problem as mPDF is licensed under GPL 2.0 but YAWIK is MIT licensed.

The FSF explains their view on the compatibility here (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.en.html#MereAggregation) [excerpt]: Combining two modules means connecting them together so that they form a single larger program. If either part is covered by the GPL, the whole combination must also be released under the GPL—if you can't, or won't, do that, you may not combine them.

Especially as the SF-package now even includes mPDF, this may get tricky. Is there any option to swap in another PDF library?

cbleek commented 9 years ago

The PDF Download can be disabled by commenting the line

https://github.com/cross-solution/YAWIK/blob/develop/config/config.php#L28

This will remove the Download Link from the detail page of an application. I can confirm the licence problem.

I would like to see the PDF downloads generated by jspdf. This js library creates the PDF on the client side. We need the PDF on the server side when forwarding applications. But it should be possible with NodesJS. Other Ideas are welcome.

We're currently not working on this issue.

Thanks for your feedback and regards,

Carsten