[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:17 Ipstenu]:
 > And that also gives us:
 >
 > >  If you have the ability to release the project under GPLv2 or any
 later version, you can choose to release it under GPLv3 or any later
 version—and once you do that, you'll be able to incorporate the code
 released under GPLv3.
 >
 > So ... Basically you'd have to CONVERT GPLv2 to GPLv3 in order to truly
 release as that. Which we can't do for core (sign off from every dev to
 change the license, ain't realistic)...

 WP **is** currently released under "either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version". As far as I remember it was
 relicensed as such from earlier state - GPL of unspecified version.

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