Joomla is ‘the’ Platform

In the past 6 years Joomla has seen an immense growth capturing almost 3% of the internet. Most still see Joomla as a CMS. Even Joomla.org states :

Joomla is the worlds most popular open source content management system. With 2.7 % of the internet running on Joomla the software is used by individuals, small-sized & medium size businesses and large organizations worldwide to easily create a variety if websites and web applications. 

Reality is that Joomla is no longer just a cms. After 6 years of collaborative innovation Joomla has become a web platform, extendible by over 8000 extensions build on a powerful framework.

We use this platform to build products for ourselves, for our clients, and for our peers. The framework that sit’s at it’s heart is our shared toolkit we (should) improve together so that those products can thrive. 

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Nooku is going GPLv3

Last July the question was raised in the Nooku Community about moving to the GPLV3 license. Today I am very pleased to announce (official announcement) that we are adopting the GPLv3,  LGPLv3 and AGPLv3 licences for all future releases of Nooku. Versions previous to 0.7 remain under the GPLv2.

The move to GPLv3 is designed to suit the needs of Free Software in a developer market that is clearly demanding more flexibility and protection of each individuals’ rights.

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