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If WP was supposed to have a new class of license (let's call it "transactional source"), they really should have published with that license. Instead, they li
by runako 2y ago
If WP was supposed to have a new class of license (let's call it "transactional source"), they really should have published with that license.
Instead, they licensed under Stallman's GPL2. Given his general ethos around freedom of software, I would honestly be curious to hear his thoughts on using trademark as a cudgel to arbitrarily prevent otherwise-permitted uses of GPL-licensed code.
- ValentineC 2y agoWordPress was a fork of b2/cafelog to start with [1], which meant that they had to stick with the GPL. [1] https://wordpress.org/book/2015/11/the-blogging-software-dilemma/ https://wordpress.org/book/2015/11/the-blogging-software-dil...
- runako 2y agoCorrect, which adds to the reasons they really shouldn’t be trying to shake down users.