Tag Archives: GPL Version

WordPress Changes GPL License Text Again

Posted on 15 Jan 2011 by hakre

Within less than a year, a wordpress core developer changed wordpress’s licensing statement again. This time it has been changed from GPL to GPL v2+. The Changeset was [17301]: WordPress contains libraries only available under the GPL v2 or later. … Continue reading →

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Akismet Introduces GPL Version to WordPress (Updated 3x)

Posted on 1 Jan 2011 by hakre

I just ran over the fact that in August 2010 Alex Shiels (tellyworth) tagged the akismet readme with “License: GPLv2”. The info left in the changelog is: * Spell out that the license is GPLv2 Well, even that this is … Continue reading →

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WordPress Licensing Issues – Progress (Day 5)

Posted on 30 Aug 2010 by hakre

I was not able to finish my report for day 5 in my WordPress Licensing series yesterday night, so I’ll add it this morning. My topic this time is progress. Despite the fact, that when confronted with the topic that … Continue reading →

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