On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:35:19PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Similarly, I would argue that, if you derive benefit from using the > PHP-Nuke engine to assemble your homepage into its final form for > presentation, it is not *wholly* original.[1] Even if it is no longer a > derivative work of the PHP-Nuke copyrighted default homepage, it might > legally be a derivative work of the PHP-Nuke engine itself.
I think in this case, you might be able to make that argument about the theme in use. I don't think the engine outputs much, if any, identifiable code; it's all from the theme. Note that many third parties publish PHPNuke themes, so the author's claim gets even more flimsy as you switch to other themes.
