[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16898: Fix plugins about page license requirement

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#16898: Fix plugins about page license requirement
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 Reporter:  scribu              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |
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Comment (by Rarst):

 Replying to [comment:12 Otto42]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 Rarst]:
 > > There is no issue with using such code. GPLv3 and Apache License are
 perfectly compatible with WP.
 >
 > No, neither the GPLv3 or Apache License 2.0 is compatible with the
 GPLv2.

 With GPLv2 only. But WP is not GPLv2 strict.

 license.txt

 >WordPress - Web publishing software
 >
 >Copyright 2011 by the contributors
 >
 >This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 >it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 >the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 >(at your option) any later version.

 GPLv3 (and so Apache) is compatible with "GPLv2 or any later version".

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