[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16517: What about / Whom to ask for full/missing wordpress source-code?

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#16517: What about / Whom to ask for full/missing wordpress source-code?
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 Reporter:  hakre               |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                      |
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Changes (by Otto42):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 Firstly, the only binary file I can find any reference to is SWFUpload,
 and that is MIT Licensed, not GPL. The MIT License has no requirement for
 providing source code.

 As for the GPL, we are under no obligation to provide anything at all.
 Understand that the people here wrote the code and share a joint ownership
 of it. The GPL places no obligation whatsoever on the actual copyright
 holders of the code. They can release it anyway they like. The GPL only
 applies to licensees of the code in question; the downstream people using
 and redistributing that code.

 There is no requirement for WordPress to release the source code for a
 single binary file which they did not write and which is not GPL licensed
 to begin with. Your argument is invalid.

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