[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15769: Hello Dolly plugin doesn't explain license of copyrighted lyrics

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#15769: Hello Dolly plugin doesn't explain license of copyrighted lyrics
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 Reporter:  novasource    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  3.0.2
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |
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Comment (by hakre):

 I think before discussing special cases of the copyright law that applies
 to some countries only by mostly non-lawyers we should first clarify the
 basics.

 Can someone please ask the author of the hello dolly plugin if it is
 distributed under GPL or not?

 The author is Matt Mullenweg and from what he wrotes on his blog and on
 worpdress.org he is stating that all plugins must be GPL. But for this
 case, I think Matt should jump in anyway and specify for Hello Dolly for
 clarifying this (again).

 GPL does not limit the use to non-commercial btw, so the fair-use
 discussion is pretty useless as commercial usage must be assumed for hello
 dolly.

 Next to that, the license in wordpress does not make use of the geographic
 limitation that it optionally offers, so to say, you can't only argument
 with US copyright law. But that only as marginal note.

 Tag: FIXIPO

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