[wp-hackers] Apache 2.0 License?

[Mike Schinkel]

Chip:  Thanks for the quick reply. 

Anyone with authority to state officially?  I'll also ask on wpdevel.

-Mike

On Mar 19, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:

> I'm guessing that it would not be allowed.
> 
> After all, even with the official WordPress License "clarification", the
> official policy is that even GPLv3 Plugins will not be allowed to be hosted
> in the Plugin Repository:
> http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/clarification-in-licensing-language/#comment-15633
> 
> But perhaps the stance will change?
> 
> Chip
> 
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Mike Schinkel
> <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>wrote:
> 
>> This question[1] got me thinking. It seems that excanvas[2] is becoming a
>> standard dependency for Javascript charting libraries but it is licensed
>> with Apache 2.0, not GPL 2.
>> 
>> The core question I'm asking is would a plugin that is otherwise GPL
>> licensed be denied inclusion into the WordPress plugin repository if it
>> includes excanvas because of the Apache 2.0 license? Or given the
>> circumstances would the potential license conflicts be overlooked?
>> 
>> -Mike
>> 
>> [1]
>> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/12488/hosting-plugin-with-excanvas-dependency-of-flot-jqplot-and-more-in-official-re
>> [2] http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/
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