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

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#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 Rarst):

 Replying to [comment:9 Otto42]:

 > 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.

 There is no issue with using such code. GPLv3 and Apache License are
 perfectly compatible with WP.

 This is issue with repository rules seemingly serving edge case (including
 code in core) and for such forbidding combination of code that is fine
 from licensing point of view.

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