[wp-hackers] meenews: obfuscated code

Iain Cambridge wackiebackie at gmail.com
Thu Nov 25 09:09:51 UTC 2010


Can I ask how is this code non-free? Did they steal the code from you?
Otherwise how do you know it's non-free? I can't see anything that is
obviously non GPL complaint. (I am just being nosey)

Also if there is no explicit license it's GPL v2.

Iain

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Raph. D <raphael.droz at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is non-free code in meenews :
> inc/classes/front_meenews.php
> inc/classes/mee_newsletter.php
> inc/classes/mee_sender.php
>
> This code MUST be fixed to comply with the GPL licence.
> But ... there is absolutely no explicit licence in the plugin package
>
> AFAIK it doesn't comply with the rules of the plugins repository :
> http://svn.wp-plugins.org/meenews
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/
>> There are only a few restrictions
>>   1. Your plugin must be GPLv2 Compatible.
>> ...
>
> CC-ing: wp-hackers as I do not myself have access to the wp-plugins
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> Raph
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