[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16525: Clarification of license for phpatomlib / AtomLib

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#16525: Clarification of license for phpatomlib / AtomLib
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 Reporter:  hakre        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by hakre):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:18 nacin]:
 > Stop already.
 >
 > > Atomlib was originally written for WordPress and contributed under the
 GPL. The original contributor later added it to Google Code and offered it
 under the Apache License. It shouldn't even be considered an external
 package, but come 3.2, it's going to be replaced anyway. Considering this
 one as fixed.

 Time for a little review after some months passing w/o action:

  * The package is [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.2/wp-
 includes/atomlib.php still in 3.2].
  * The package was added from [http://code.google.com/p/phpatomlib/
 external], it's @link'ed in the code.
  * The license of the external package is
 [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License 2.0].

 The Apache License 2.0 is not compatible with GPL v2. Wordpress 3.2 has
 been released under GPL v2 or later. This does not go well together.

 ''Please'' clarify the license of the atomlib code in the wordpress
 package for current ''and'' past.

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