[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:  highest omg bbq  |    Milestone:  3.0.2   
Component:  General          |      Version:  3.0.1   
 Severity:  blocker          |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment(by jacobsantos):

 The problem I have is that it doesn't appear to be a copyright notice
 ![1]. It is specifying the license and the version, which has always been
 GPLv2 and the license has always been part of WordPress. Saying something
 is GPL is to say that is the license. It is not to say that it can be any
 version.

 As an aside, there isn't any copyright notice in the WordPress source that
 is itself core of WordPress (not a third-party library).

 I think that is where my confusion lies. I do not see a copyright notice.
 The change appeared to be a clarification of the license as it has always
 been. The readme.html matters little, I would believe in the terms of
 specifying copyright of WordPress.


 ![1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_notice

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