[wp-hackers] Copyright violations by plugin in the WordPress plugin directory.

Alex King lists at alexking.org
Fri Jun 27 20:58:57 GMT 2008


http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php

#1 & 2 under TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND  
MODIFICATION likely apply here.

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--Alex

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On Jun 27, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Austin Matzko wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Joost de Valk  
> <joost at joostdevalk.nl> wrote:
>> The "Platinum SEO Pack" plugin [1] has copied large portions of the  
>> code in
>> my robots meta plugin [2] without proper attribution, and without  
>> notifying
>> me. That's a direct violation of the GPL,
>
> Which sections of the GPL forbid 1) copying without attribution and 2)
> not notifying the original developer?


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