[wp-hackers] Plugin licenses

[Joost de Valk]

Ok so basically, each and every plugin I encounter that says on it's  
own page that it is not GPL compatible has to be removed? Start  
prepping a team then, I'll be emailing some ;)

Best,
Joost


On 24 Oct 2008, at 10:24, Viper007Bond wrote:

> 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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