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I do not believe it is legally "GPL v2 or later" at all. The original b2 license was GPL v2. There was no or later version option in the original b2 license. Gi
by throwlicense 2y ago
I do not believe it is legally "GPL v2 or later" at all. The original b2 license was GPL v2. There was no or later version option in the original b2 license. Given that WordPress is a derivative work, it has to keep the same or compatible license. Which "GPL v2 or later" is not.
Note how the original license is GPL v2 at [0], then the "or later" header is added much later at [1] seemingly out of nowhere.
[0] - https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blame/04c9051a7d765cbd39b36173b0097d1fb77b98db/license.txt https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blame/04c9051a7d765cb...
[1] - https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8cbd92f9f8269a424e26b6cb08516905d77c944b https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8cbd92f9f8269a...