Is it ok to totally change the layout of Coppermine to function as I need? Will still give credit to authors of the software.....but I want to repackage it and offer check user generated site plus offer hosting.....want to Use Coppermine CMS to achieve this...is this ok?
Willing to pay for a licensing fee per use...if needed
There is only one licensing model for Coppermine: GPL.
You can take Coppermine and do whatever you want with it as long as you abide by the GPL.
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
Thank you ...I will read the GPL
I am going to make a template to function like this..... http://hubblesite.org/gallery/ this one have great potential.
Knock yourself out, thats just a theme. I don't see a licensing problem.