[wp-hackers] Apache 2.0 License?

[Mike Schinkel]

Hi Iain,

Thanks.  So in a nutshell am I reading that you think it should be okay to include Apache v2.0 licensed dependency into a GPLv2 licensed plugin and that it should be allowed in the repository?

Can anyone official confirm this?

-Mike

On Mar 19, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Iain Cambridge wrote:

> Well I think it's safe to say Mark Jaquith wasn't thinking since GPL
> v3 is later than GPL v2 and his response says it has to be GPL - more
> specificallt GPL v2 or later. Also the plugin about [1] states it has
> to be compatable with GPL which according to gnu [2] Apache V 2.0 is.
> 
> Iain
> 
> [1] http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/
> [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> 
> 
> On 19 March 2011 18:51, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>> I'm guessing that it would not be allowed.
>> 
>> After all, even with the official WordPress License "clarification", the
>> official policy is that even GPLv3 Plugins will not be allowed to be hosted
>> in the Plugin Repository:
>> http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/clarification-in-licensing-language/#comment-15633
>> 
>> But perhaps the stance will change?
>> 
>> Chip
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Mike Schinkel
>> <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> This question[1] got me thinking. It seems that excanvas[2] is becoming a
>>> standard dependency for Javascript charting libraries but it is licensed
>>> with Apache 2.0, not GPL 2.
>>> 
>>> The core question I'm asking is would a plugin that is otherwise GPL
>>> licensed be denied inclusion into the WordPress plugin repository if it
>>> includes excanvas because of the Apache 2.0 license? Or given the
>>> circumstances would the potential license conflicts be overlooked?
>>> 
>>> -Mike
>>> 
>>> [1]
>>> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/12488/hosting-plugin-with-excanvas-dependency-of-flot-jqplot-and-more-in-official-re
>>> [2] http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/
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