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WordPress cannot relicense; it’s a fork of a GPL project originally (b2) and there is no copyright assignment, so you would need explicit permission from every
by rmccue 2y ago
WordPress cannot relicense; it’s a fork of a GPL project originally (b2) and there is no copyright assignment, so you would need explicit permission from every contributor including the forked project’s.
- deepfriedchokes 2y agoWell, crap. Thanks for explaining.
- outofpaper 2y agoFurther clarification: the project can be relicensed under a compatible license. This approach would mean that new code is released under the new license, such as the AGPL, while the existing code remains under the GPL. It's a little complicated but quite doable.
- mrbungie 2y agoYou need to have a compelling backlog to continue developing down the road or someone can just fork it.
- outofpaper 2y agoWP Engine might try forking it (as they are free to now) but they don't contribute that much to Wordpress as is.