[theme-reviewers] Theme License

[Konstantin Kovshenin]

Yes, MIT is compatible with GPL.

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Stanko Metodiev <stanko at metodiew.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to Wikipedia, and Kovshenin's blog post,  MIT license is GPL
> compatible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
> and http://kovshenin.com/2012/the-mit-license-is-compatible-with-the-gpl/.
> So my guess is yes, but it would be good if somebody could confirm this.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Ola Łączek <ola at bodera.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I've got a question about theme license. I'm reviewing a theme that
>> declares MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Is this
>> acceptable?
>> Here
>> (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses/) I
>> couldn't find MIT listed as GPL compatible, but then I did independent
>> search which seemed to indicate that MIT license is GPL compatible. Then I
>> also remembered that we allow for bundling MIt licensed resources with
>> themes and now I'm lost :)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ola Laczek
>>
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