Bridge 2.0.2

Using language brazilian_portuguese - utf-8 in both Joomla and Forum.

The SMF start/index page has the title (in pt_BR): "Ídice"
When running thru the bridge it turns to be "Ídice"

So, either the bridge or Joomla is reencoding the title string that is already encoded.

-Raul Dias

It happens to be my own problem in the way the bridge sends the cookies and headers_sent().

Please, just ignore this.


-Raul Dias

Hi,

I have being trying to findout why SMF didnt work with my template in wrapped mode.

I dont really like to mix HTML & code (php) and doing everything in the global context.
So, I did developed functions for different cases of HTML outputing, like templateHEAD() to output the HEAD part of the document.

In this style of templating, the jsmf does not work.  I get the BODY part of the HTML but no HEAD and so no css, just playing unformatted XHTML.

If I move all this functions content to be execed in the global context without being wrapped in a function, everything works fine.

Can anyone tell me why?
I wouldlike to solve or help solving this issue.  Can anyone give me directions?

Thanks,
-Raul Dias

About Licenses, this bridge is GPL, Joomla is GPL and SMF is, well SMF.

Simplifing the GPL:

GPL says that if you add some code to a GPL program or link a program/lib to it, this code/program/lib becomes GPL too.

One important note is that GPL is about distribution and not necessarily about the use.

This means that you can do whatever you want with GPL program, alter it, patch it, mix it with incompatible licensed code (even proprietary), as long as you are not distribuiting it.

This piece from wikipedeia is relevant:



Now the SMF License stats that:
- You cant redistribute it.
- You cant sell it.
- You cant remove the copyright notice from the output.

This makes the SMF incompatible with the GPL, as you cant do any of this. 
Note that in GPL you can change the output of a program and remove the copyright notice, but you cant remove it from the source code.

So, when a bridge connects (links) Joomla to SMF, it is violating the GPL and the SMF License _IF_ redistribuited.

As you, the end user, is not redistributing the SMF or the Joomla + Bridge + SMF, you are not violating any license.


A side note, if you are allowed to redistribute SMF, then you woyld be violating the GPL if you do so.  However, you can use the bridge to syncronize users between Joomla and SMF and when using the SMF you link to the standalone SMF index.php instead of using the com_jsmf component.  In this case, there is no linking and GPL is not being violated.


Hope I didnt make more confusion about it


-Raul Dias