WordPress (still) displays wrong licensing info

[hakre]

I raised this already in #14685, strings for output to the user contain sort of wrong licensing information.

Compare: ​14685-wording-add-ons.patch, this patch was before [17301], so it's not entirely correct any longer.

Just reporting before it gets lost.

Tag: FIXIPO

[nacin]

Wrong, or sort of wrong? I don't see a contradiction here.

[hakre]

Replying to nacin:

Wrong, or sort of wrong? I don't see a contradiction here.

Pardon?

Wordpress Package Licensing:

1. Current Wordpress 3.0.5 is GPL v2+.
2. Older Wordpress Releases (3.0.4 and below) are GPL.

Excerpt of ​/wp-admin/plugin-install.php:

[...] are compatible with the WordPress GPL v2 license.[...]

[hakre]

On Trunk / GPL v2+

[jane]

3.2.

[markjaquith]

I think we should stay away from GPL version number specifics here. Some plugins are GPLv2-only. Some are GPLv2-or-later. Some are GPL (any version). Any of these is compatible with WordPress, which is what we want to convey.

[markjaquith]

In [18231]:

Be less specific about theme and plugin repo licenses (as they can vary in specifics). They are all compatible with the license WordPress uses, which is what matters. fixes #16514