[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16898: Fix plugins about page license requirement

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Fri Feb 17 13:38:54 UTC 2012


#16898: Fix plugins about page license requirement
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 Reporter:  scribu              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |
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Comment (by Otto42):

 Replying to [comment:8 Rarst]:
 > Disclaimer - I don't have any issue whatsoever licensing my own code
 under GPLv2 or compatible. We don't have such issue at work either.
 >
 > However - there is plenty of code out there that is meant to be used by
 developers as libraries/components, that is not compatible to GPLv2
 (typical case is Apache License).

 Yes, and none of them are usable. Licensing isn't a game, man. If somebody
 uses an incompatible license, then they don't want you using their code.

 > Developers who don't give a damn about rules (or ignorant of them) just
 go on filling repo with incompatible code, because this rule is paper
 tiger.

 No, it's not. Email plugins at wordpress.org about license issues, and
 plugins with incompatible licenses will be removed from the directory.

 Just because we haven't found it and removed it yet doesn't mean it's not
 a hard and fast rule. Non-GPLv2 compatible plugins *will* be removed from
 the directory when discovered.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16898#comment:9>
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