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On 7/22/2010 7:57 PM, Andrew Fitzgerald wrote:
Is this also true for Mediawiki extensions and skins?
It seems
like the arguements for why Wordpress themes and plugins also apply to MW.
IANAL, but depends. The WP case comes from the fact the template author
copied code from Wordpress and modified it and is distributing it.
So, IMO, generally no in the case of extensions, and depends on the case
of skins. People probably forget that the GPL doesn't dictate what are
classified as derivitive works.
WP's arguments are laughable:
So the Plugins
API is actually not an API?
Why is it called Plugins API then?
Strictly speaking, no, it isn?t an API. It?s how
WordPress itself is
written! ?X API? in this sense loosely means ?WordPress core functions
for purpose X.?
It is not ?an interface implemented by a software program which
enables it to interact with other software.? It?s just functions. The
use of API in this case is technically incorrect, but it?s become
common parlance, at least in the WordPress community. The incorrect
label doesn?t change my view of how plugins, themes and WordPress core
form a single application, as explained above.
So strictly speaking by their own definition, shouldn't WordPress be
licensed under the PHP license?
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