About J! User

J!User is a community run initiative to provide help and support to Joomla CMS users. 

It's primary focus is providing help to users that are having trouble getting support for abandoned or poorly supported components and extensions. 

Why?

This project was created in response to the sudden and unannounced sale of an (unnamed) major software company. This left users that had made considerable financial and time investments into their products, with an uncertain future.  And so, frustrated with the situation, the community decided to come together to support each other, and the JUser project was born.

What J! User is...

J! User is community.

J! User is all of us together, helping each other.

J! User is a coming together of community members to help and support each other in a common goal.

What J! User is not...

J! User is not a commercial endeavour. It is strictly not-for-profit. 

J! User is not a 'Warez' site, nor does it condone software piracy

J! User does not aim to infringe on anyones commercial interests or rights. 

Usage

The components supported by this project are provided for free - as in free beer and also the freedom to modify. They retain and uphold the GPL2 license and promote the open source ethos on which Joomla was founded. 

Licensing

Joomla compatible components, plugins and extensions are released under the same GPL2 license as Joomla. This is because they are considered to be derivative works and so must abide by exactly the same license conditions. 

The GPL2 license states that no components of GPL licensed work can be controlled by a more restrictive license, and that all such inclusions form part of the overall GPL licensed whole. This specifically includes such components as images, CSS and Javascript. This nullifies any 'Proprietary Use Licenses' that vendors claim covers these aspects, to prevent distribution of those aspects under the GPL2 license. 

The code published within repositories associated with this project has been done so in line with the terms of the GPL 2 license as linked to below

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html

For further information on the application and interpretation of the GPL2 license, the FAQ section of the GNU GPL2 license is a good source of reference

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html