[wp-docs] An Amendment

[Mike Little]

Folks,

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template:Welcome

The page has now been changed to clearly state that the COPYRIGHT is
held by each contributor. This is, and was, the case without any
statement. It is the law in almost all countries.

The page also clearly state that "by contributing you expressly agree
to... the GPL".

Please note that GPL is not copyright, and that copyright is not GPL.
The GPL is a licence. It specifies what other people can and cannot do
with your work. But note that The GPL requires a copyright holder in
order to be enforceable.

As to the myth about "publishing/releasing/distributing without
releasing the source files... is a violation" the GPL has this to say:

If you do publish the GPL product you must
   "Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
    years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
    cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
    machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code"

and

"If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering
access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
distribution of the source code, "

Note also that if someone does publish a book derived from the
contents of the Codex, pointing to the codex as the "source code" is
not good enough. They must make their own copy and provide that on
request.

The whole of the GPL is here http://codex.wordpress.org/GPL It is
really not too long to read nor too hard to understand.

Ryan's response on another thread
(http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-docs/2005-September/000998.html)
whilst sounding rather exasperated, was factually correct.

I think it would be a nice touch for someone with the appropriate
access to add a simple link to the common footer. But it isn't
required.

Is everyone satisfied yet?


Mike
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Mike Little
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