id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
15769	"WordPress ships with copyrighted ""Hello, Dolly!"" lyrics which could potentially terminate the GNU GPL of the package"	novasource		"It is an industry standard practice to show licensing details when using someone else's copyrighted content. I can't find anything substantiating that WordPress has been granted a license to use the copyright Hello, Dolly! lyrics, so the ''prima facie'' appearance is that WordPress is infringing copyright of Jerry Herman, the song's composer.

Unless WordPress indemnifies users, Hello Dolly plugin users may be vulnerable to legal problems due to unauthorized use of Jerry Herman's intellectual property.

Please clarify WordPress's license of this copyrighted material in the module's source code or at wordpress.org."	defect (bug)	reopened	normal	Future Release	General	3.0.2	normal		has-patch	aren@… sbressler@… r.wetzlmayr@… studionashvegas