[wp-hackers] Licensing Question about Plugin Repo

[Iain Cambridge]

Hi,
     That is an explicit license and it is GPL compatible I suspect as it
looks like it's MIT or modified BSD. So it should be fine.

Iain

On 14 April 2011 12:43, John 3:16 Media <wp at john316media.com> wrote:

> Ok so I have this third-party library that's an SDK for a web service API.
> The library is not explicitly given a license, instead it says this:
>
> Copyright (c) 2008 Positive Networks, Inc.
>
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> obtaining  a copy of this software and associated documentation
> files (the "Software"),  to deal in the Software without
> restriction, including without limitation the  rights to use,
> copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
> conditions:
>
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
> OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT  SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
> HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
> WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,  ARISING
> FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> OTHER  DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> I want to include this plugin in the WP.ORG extend site, will this be an
> issue?
>
> --
>
> I'm working on a support ticket plugin and I'm looking for users to test
> and
> provide feedback on it.  Will bribe anyone who helps with a generous
> discount on the final product.  Email me off-list if interested.
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