Hi,

I am new to making Joomla plugins and i am stuck. Now that i have made my new plugin i am unsure about the license.

Basically what can i fill in as me below in the plugin's xml file. Can i fill in that i am the author?, can i change the copyright to mine? should i leave the license as it is or can i change it if i need to?

I have used code i have written, i have used the k2 search plugin and other code from K2

• <author>
• <creationDate>
• <copyright>Copyright (c) 2006 - 2014 JoomlaWorks Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright>
• <authorEmail>This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• <authorUrl>
• <version>0.1.2</version>
• <license>www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU/GPL
• <description>

Thanks

shoulders

brilliant, a quick follow up:

I have used the k2 search.php for a starter so leaving the copyright block at the top is easy. What do i do when i have copied partial code from other K2 files or other places.

• do i have to copy the code from the top of every file i have borrowed stuff from and paste it above each piece of code i have used?
• can i just put a link to where i got the code from?
• if i have altered code blocks i have copied, what do i do about the copyright blocks for that piece of code, it 's partly mine and partly K2s?

I want to do this right, but i dont want messy code that is 6 miles deep in copyright text.

thank for the help.

I have based my search plugin on the k2 search plugin but have used my new code, and code from the K2 main component for the extra filtering etc..

so,

i will leave the copyright block for the search plugin as that is what i started with and i do not need to put copyright for all the other code blocks i have used.

and

All the author stuff and copyright in the XML file i can change to my details.

Really has helped me has this., tar