[wp-hackers] Copyright violations by plugin in the WordPress plugin directory.

[Jared Bangs]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Andrew Ferguson <andrew at fergcorp.com> wrote:
>> It's my understanding that the GPL carries / implies NO requirement
>> for attribution in derivative works (as Austin mentions), so I'm
>> unclear as to what the allegation is as it relates to that.
>
> All the code that de Valk writes is under his copyright purview. He still
> owns it, but it letting other people use it.

Yes, and by releasing it under the GPL, he has already "let" everyone
else use it under terms that do not require those people to give
attribution, AFAICT.