Coppermine Photo Gallery

Coppermine Photo Gallery

Initial release	September 7, 2003
Stable release	1.5.16[1] / September 01, 2011
Development status	Active
Written in	PHP/MySQL
Available in	Multilingual (46)
Type	web application
License	GPL
Website	coppermine-gallery.net

Coppermine Photo Gallery is a photo-gallery web application with multimedia capabilities. It requires PHP, MySQL, and ImageMagick or the GD Graphics Library, and works with most web server software such as Apache.

Coppermine Photo Gallery has interfaces with many popular software packages, including e107, Invision Power Board, PcNuke, Joomla!, Mambo, phpBB, PostNuke, PunBB, Simple Machines Forum, vBulletin, Woltlab Burning Board, and YaBB SE.

License

Coppermine is open-source software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License.^[2] However, according to the project FAQ, users are required to have a "Powered by Coppermine" link to the project's web site, and further, to not ask questions on removing the link on the Coppermine support forums.^[3] The compatibility of this requirement with the GPL was discussed in the Coppermine support forum in 2003–2004. The Coppermine team asserts that the "Powered by Coppermine" is legally a copyright notice, which is permitted by the GPL.^[4]

See also

• Gallery Project
• Photo gallery comparison

References

1. ^ Announcement cpg1.5.16 Security release - upgrade mandatory! Coppermine Photo Gallery Forum. Post Date: 2011-09-01. Access Date: 2011-09-11.
2. ^ About Coppermine Licensing
3. ^ Coppermine-gallery.net
4. ^ Topic: Is this a usage of Coppermine without the copyright/link?

External links

• Coppermine's main site
• Koppermine for Linux KDE
• Coppermine live demonstration