[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14685: Copyright Notice Tainted

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#14685: Copyright Notice Tainted
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 Reporter:  hakre         |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect (bug)  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  3.1     
Component:  General       |      Version:  3.0.1   
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                |  
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Changes (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * version:  => 3.0.1
  * resolution:  invalid =>
  * milestone:  => 3.1


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:19 markjaquith]:
 > That sentence was not and is not a copyright notice. It was an
 abbreviated licensing notice. Nacin merely updated that licensing notice
 to correctly indicate the precise license used (GPL version 2). That is
 not a licensing change, because the license has always specified GPL
 version 2, and it is not a copyright change, since that sentence was not a
 copyright notice, but a licensing notice.

 I beg to differ. If you take it in court, I would take the bet that
 whichever lawyer takes care of it in front of you will look into the WP
 license, and ask which it is using. This ticket will only serve his
 purpose, in that the copyright was changed outright without explicit
 consent, to v.2.

 The fact of the matter is, the copyright notice says GPL without any
 version. Without any version, regardless of hyperlinks, means v1, v2, v3,
 etc. Anything one choses, basically.

 In changing it to v2. you need explicit consent from every single patch
 contributor, regardless how minor. Regardless how you thing of this
 garbage. Hakre is totally right here.

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