[wp-hackers] Plugin licenses

[Viper007Bond]

Whether a plugin has to be GPL or not is open for debate (I'm not a lawyer)
and it's the same issue with premium themes.

However if you want to host a plugin on WP.org, yes, it HAS to be GPL
compatible. It'll be removed from WP.org once someone who can do it sees
this e-mail.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Joost de Valk <joost at yoast.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as far as I understand it, all plugins on WordPress.org have to be GPL -
> compatible right?
>
> This plugin though:
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/featplug/
>
> Says in the license on the authors homepage, found here:
>
> http://featplug.huseyinuslu.net/#licence
>
> "Featplug is free for non-commercial use. For commercial usage and
> redistribution with commercial packages please contact the author."
>
> That is not entirely GPL compatible...
>
> How does Automattic handle such cases?
>
> best,
> Joost
>
>
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