[wp-hackers] WordPress and GPLv3

[Roy Schestowitz]

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> On Dec 29, 2007 12:22 PM, David Chait <davebytes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I'm not sure how GPL covers 'hosting providers' (wp.com, et al) come to
>> think of it.
> 
> GPLv2:
> 
> "The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from
> the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on
> the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program)."
> 
> GPLv3:
> 
> "To "convey" a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
> parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user
> through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
> conveying."
> 
> These are only highlights. I recommend reading the licenses. They are
> not as hard to read as most EULAs.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

They can also be viewed in tandem here:
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20060118155841115

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