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> Automattic itself doesn't have to abide by GPL terms for whatever use they want to make of Wordpress Yes they do. Automatic doesn’t own the copyright to all
by mirashii 5y ago
> Automattic itself doesn't have to abide by GPL terms for whatever use they want to make of Wordpress
Yes they do. Automatic doesn’t own the copyright to all the code. Individual contributions are still copyrighted and licensed under the GPL. They would need permission from all previous contributors to relicense it to avoid having to comply with the GPL.
- tyingq 5y agoSure, barring contributions made without contributor agreements in place. They seem to track "copyright holders" for wordpress core and it's not a huge list: https://codex.wordpress.org/Copyright_Holders https://codex.wordpress.org/Copyright_Holders
- rmccue 5y agoThis list is super out-of-date and in no way canonical; you’d need to check svn to see the real list of contributors. (The Codex is, to some degree, abandoned given the existence of the new developer documentation.) e.g: I’ve been a contributor to WordPress for about 17 years, I personally own the copyright to a huge chunk of WordPress’ source, and I am not on that list. :)
- mirashii 5y agoI was going to point out a similar thing. I was a contributor for a few years in the mid-2000s