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amy & thingwarbler, I too was somewhat upset about that unmentionable subject. But, after stepping back and viewing the overall picture then examining more closely some of the possible legal ramifications, I've changed my view. Imagine what would happen to Joomla 1.5 if the core team were caught-up ...

SMF's choice to discontinue the bridge was based on a very generic discussion with the FSF on combining GPL and non-GPL compliant software. Joomla! was not mentioned. The FSF's opinion was for *any* GPL environment, which would include Mambo, the only CMS named by SMF as a viable substitute.  ...