Re: anyone looked at Chameleon closely?

> David Chait wrote:
>>> http://www.flipcorp.com/chameleon/
>>>
>>> Looks to be WP with a modded admin system, a bunch of custom plugins, and
>>> otherwise a claim to be their unique product.  Don't know how they 'sell' it
>>> (or GPL issues) but thought I'd bring it to the attention of folks around
>>> here. ;)
>>>
>>> There are a few sites Flip has developed that obviously have things like
>>> 'wp-content/themes/...' in the HTML, though they've done a simply awesome
>>> job making it look like a custom site.  They have some real freaking talent
>>> on-board, imho.
>>>
>>> I guess if they develop and host the sites (and basically 'own' the code
>>> themselves in all cases), there's no GPL issue?  But if they are actually
>>> selling it as a purchasable 'shrinkwrap' package for people to install
>>> themselves, then Flip would need to make modified code (at least the core,
>>> I'll leave plugins out of this) available, no?  Again, the difference is
>>> between 'use' of code yourself, vs 'sale' of code (or binary) to others,
>>> right?
>>>
>>> Anyway, just though hackers could use some thought-provoking discussion --  
>>> please don't go way off tangent on this, stay on topic. ;)
>>>
>>> -d
>>>
>
> They're only obligated to pass on code changes to those they distribute
> the software to, i.e., their customers.
>