[wp-forums] WordShell - NonGPL

Mika A Epstein ipstenu at ipstenu.org
Mon May 7 11:20:35 UTC 2012


Their page distinctly said Non-GPL when I pulled them, stating "we're not GPL, except this one bit of code, because we want to sell our product."

If they changed it, that was fast. I'm with Dion, I clearly read a statement saying they were not GPL.

On May 7, 2012, at 3:16 AM, "Dion Hulse (dd32)" <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:

> Their License FAQ's don't want to give you the freedom of the GPL though:
> http://wordshell.net/support/faqs/
> 
> I swear I looked at WordShell earlier when this email came around and
> it wasn't GPL at all though.. my memory might be failing me though.
> 
> On 7 May 2012 18:06, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> They say that they're GPL.
>> http://wordshell.net/support/manual/wordshell-licence/
>> 
>> GPL != free-in-cost.
>> 
>> Still, no reason to have advertising on the ideas forums.
>> 
>> -Otto
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Mika A Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:
>>> http://wordshell.net/
>>> 
>>> They were advertising on the ideas forums but as their code isn't GPL (and I have no idea if it has to be), I pulled the posts.
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