[theme-reviewers] GPL

[Doug Stewart]

Daniel:
IANACL (copyright lawyer), but since Public Domain is a LESS
restrictive license than GPLv2, you can in fact license your code as
such.

And the GNU/FSF folks agree:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#PublicDomain

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:
> Not exactly. Since the PHP functions you are using is derivative from
> WordPress itself and also because most themes fork at least portions of code
> from other themes, the license under which this code must be licensed is
> GPL.
> Parts of your theme like HTML code, scripts, stylesheets or even PHP code
> that has not been forked can be licensed under any compatible license
> including open source, but the code that is derivative must be licensed
> under the same license as its legacy product.
> I studied this because at one point I also thought about releasing my themes
> under more liberal licenses but realized this causes conflicts with legacy
> code.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bryan Hadaway wrote:
>
> Interesting. Do you know of any other themes/plugins that have done this?
> Any downsides (in your opinion)? I use Public Domain for everything I do
> except WP, because it's way easier and friendlier than the GPL, you can't
> get friendlier than Public Domain, but I'd always assumed you had to use
> GPL, mandatory, only reason I ever used it.
>
> But, if you just need to be GPL-compatible there are probably hundreds of
> things you could do, including writing your own license so long as it stays
> GPL-compatible. To me Public Domain is beautiful, simply put it's "Here you
> go, I made this, do what you want with it. THE END" - It seems like the
> purest form of sharing there is.
>
> I guess my concern is this, why aren't more people doing it? Why is everyone
> so stressed over the GPL if they can just release their work with no
> license. Are they just not aware or is there a side to this I'm missing?
>
> Thanks, Bryan
>
>
> Bryan Phillip Hadaway
>
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> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I had a GPL question I personally never saw discussed before if anyone
>> > knows
>> > the answer. Is declaring Public Domain or No License (meaning there are
>> > no
>> > restrictions whatsoever) compatible with GPL?
>>
>> Yes. With any version. You may consider this answer as definitive on
>> the subject.
>>
>> -Otto
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-Doug