[theme-reviewers] Licensing Issues with Your Themes in the WordPress Theme Repository

[Chip Bennett]

I don't think we need to go there:


1) WordPress itself doesn't limit itself to GPLv2, AFAIK.

2) It doesn't matter, because the Themes aren't being distributed with
WordPress. It is only a repository requirement to which we're ensuring
conformance. That requirement stipulates merely "GPL-compatible".

I may speak only for myself here, but: I'm not going there. If a Theme is
licensed under GPL or a GPL-compatible license, it's good.

Chip

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Ken (WraithKenny)
<ken.adcstudio at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is generally not clear to most people so here goes:
>
> "Please note that GPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself." ~
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GNUGPL
>
> Some GPLv2 licenses specifically allow you to use a later version (eg v3),
> but *not* WordPress.
>
> The WordPress' license (GPLv2 only) and the GPLv3 are specifically *
> incompatible*.
>
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