undefined | Better HN

0 pointsryanf3238y ago0 comments

We did.

0 comments

Did you also report the employer's "theft", as you put it, of WordPress's GPL'd code?

xref8y ago

that's just...that's just not at all what GPL is

The GPL is a license. If you don't abide by it, you don't get to download a copy of the software, sell it or create derivative works.

The history of WP itself enforcing the GP is instructive. More recently, Panasonic Avionics has been sued for $100M due to GPL violations.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

Did you also report the employer's "theft", as you put it, of WordPress's GPL'd code?

xref8y ago

that's just...that's just not at all what GPL is

The GPL is a license. If you don't abide by it, you don't get to download a copy of the software, sell it or create derivative works.

The history of WP itself enforcing the GP is instructive. More recently, Panasonic Avionics has been sued for $100M due to GPL violations.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse