(This discussion is really well outside the scope of Theme Review.)<div><br></div><div>First, text on a website doesn't matter, insofar as WordPress itself is released with a full-text copy of the license under which it is released.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Second, even though that full-text license is GPLv2, it is *not* distributed with an Otto-esque statement regarding "only v2 and no later version." So, it really is inconsequential for the purpose of Theme reviews.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Third, all that really matters is that our license check is only to ensure conformance with the stated Theme Repository requirement that hosted Themes be licensed under GPL or a GPL-compatible license. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Anything beyond that really starts to delve into the politics of the license, and such discussion should stay as far away from this mail list (and the Theme Review team in general) as humanly possible. (Such discussions are what we have WPTavern for, after all!)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Jon Cave <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@lionsgoroar.co.uk">jon@lionsgoroar.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> 1) WordPress itself doesn't limit itself to GPLv2, AFAIK.<br>
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</div>Xref: <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14685#comment:39" target="_blank">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14685#comment:39</a><br>
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Though there are several places where version 2 seems to be specified<br>
still, e.g. <a href="http://wordpress.org/about/license/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/about/license/</a> (I brought this up<br>
last Thursday but got no response then :()<br>
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