[wp-hackers] Licensing

[Jason goldsmith]

Well, the plugins and the main WordPress make function calls to each
other, so you are probably going to have to use a GPL license.

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:20:51 -0400 (EDT), Scott Merrill
<skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Jason goldsmith said:
> > If you use WordPress code in your plugins, then you would need to
> > release under GPL. I don't know if this applies to calling WordPress
> > functions or not.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
> "If the program dynamically links plug-ins, and they make function calls
> to each other and share data structures, we believe they form a single
> program, so plug-ins must be treated as extensions to the main program.
> This means they must be released under the GPL or a GPL-compatible free
> software license, and that the terms of the GPL must be followed when
> those plug-ins are distributed."
> 
> Unless your plugin uses no internal WordPress data structures, I think
> you're legally obligated to license your plugins under the GPL.
> 
> 
> 
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