Open-source split of Mambo software begins

Not everyone seems to see things eye to eye these days it seems. Take a look at one such example…

The disgruntled developers behind Mambo, an open-source software for publishing Web sites, have launched their own version of the project, called Joomla.

Version 1.0 of Joomla is based on version 4.5.2.3 of Mambo plus some security and bug fixes. Like Mambo, it’s governed by the General Public License, or GPL, which lets anyone see, modify and redistribute the code. The developers announced Joomla Thursday and said the code itself would be available “very soon.”

In August, Mambo developers split with Miro International, the company that founded and commercialized the project, over disagreements about how to govern the software and control its intellectual property. Miro established the Mambo Foundation for the task, but the developers argued that Miro still held the real control. [Read the rest]