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Who owns Xoops copyright?
XOOPS is released under the GNU General Public License. The GPL states that the copyright remains with the original authors of the code, but by releasing it under the GPL, they grant copyright license to everyone who wants to use the code.
On *NIX systems, you can use symbolic links (ln -s) to link your cache, templates_c, and uploads directories to folders that are outside of your web root.