[wp-hackers] Licensing

[Jason goldsmith]

I don't see why adding an attribution requirement to the license
violates the GPL. In fact, in order to be GPL compliant the author
would need to remove the attribution and then document that they did
so....

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:53:41 -0400, Owen Winkler
<ringmaster at midnightcircus.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > But, really, everyone should be using the GPL.  WordPress is GPL.
> 
> What I find lacking in the GPL is attribution.  Nothing requires a
> sublicensor to include references to those who produced the code at the
> core of the copyright.  If they change the written copyright in the
> code, which seems within the bounds of the GPL, then any attribution is
> lost.
> 
> The plugins I have written met my personal needs long ago, and have only
> continued to aid the community.  I don't know about the rest of you, but
> I write my plugins for glory.  I'm interested in maintaining this
> attribution, and for this I find GPL disappointing.
> 
> Owen
> 
> 
> 
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