<div dir="ltr">But can themes be released with MIT license  instead of GPL v2/v3?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Konstantin Kovshenin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com" target="_blank">kovshenin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, MIT is compatible with GPL.<br>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Stanko Metodiev <<a href="mailto:stanko@metodiew.com">stanko@metodiew.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> According to Wikipedia, and Kovshenin's blog post,  MIT license is GPL<br>
> compatible: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License</a><br>
> and <a href="http://kovshenin.com/2012/the-mit-license-is-compatible-with-the-gpl/" target="_blank">http://kovshenin.com/2012/the-mit-license-is-compatible-with-the-gpl/</a>.<br>
> So my guess is yes, but it would be good if somebody could confirm this.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Ola Łączek <<a href="mailto:ola@bodera.com">ola@bodera.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hello!<br>
>><br>
>> I've got a question about theme license. I'm reviewing a theme that<br>
>> declares MIT license (<a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank">http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</a>). Is this<br>
>> acceptable?<br>
>> Here<br>
>> (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses/" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses/</a>) I<br>
>> couldn't find MIT listed as GPL compatible, but then I did independent<br>
>> search which seemed to indicate that MIT license is GPL compatible. Then I<br>
>> also remembered that we allow for bundling MIt licensed resources with<br>
>> themes and now I'm lost :)<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>> Ola Laczek<br>
>><br>
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