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

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Thu Aug 26 11:56:16 UTC 2010


#14685: Copyright Notice Tainted
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 Reporter:  hakre            |        Owner:        
     Type:  defect (bug)     |       Status:  closed
 Priority:  highest omg bbq  |    Milestone:  3.0.2 
Component:  General          |      Version:  3.0.1 
 Severity:  blocker          |   Resolution:  fixed 
 Keywords:  has-patch        |  
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Comment(by hakre):

 Replying to [comment:39 markjaquith]:
 > As long as we have a mix of "GPL" code and "GPL v2" code and "GPL v2 or
 later" code, the only license that applies to every part of WordPress is
 version 2, as it is the only one that fits all three of the licenses. But
 that doesn't change the fact that the majority of WordPress code is GPL in
 in general, not GPLv2, and we can't change the license on that code
 without permission from relevant copyright holders.

 So far the theory. Infact we have a mix of code with incompatbile license,
 e.g. the BSD. I created a new ticket regarding that show-stopper: #14703

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