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Closed 2 years ago

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#61943 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Update copyright notices in bundled themes to include "and contributors".

Reported by: peterwilsoncc Owned by: peterwilsoncc
Priority: normal Milestone: 6.7
Component: Bundled Theme Version:
Severity: normal Keywords: has-patch
Cc: Focuses:

Description

The copyright notices in bundled themes generally claim copyright for WordPress.org and, when appropriate, Automattic. They do not claim the copyright for contributors.

One of the benefits of contributing to WordPress is that contributors license their code under the GPL rather than assign copyright to the WordPress Foundation or another entity.

As such, the bundled theme licenses ought to include a copyright claim for contributors similar to that in the main WordPress license.txt file.

Change History (5)

This ticket was mentioned in ​PR #7252 on ​WordPress/wordpress-develop by ​@peterwilsoncc.
2 years ago #1

  • Keywords has-patch added

Updates the copyright notice for bundled themes to include contributors.

When contributing to WordPress, WordPress requires contributors license their code under the GPL. Unlike some projects there is no requirement to assign the copyright to WordPress.org or an associated entity.

By contributing code to WordPress, you grant its use under the GNU General Public License v2 (or later).

This updates the copyright claim in the bundled themes to indicate copyright is retained by contributors.

#2 @peterwilsoncc
2 years ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review → 6.7

This looks like it will be ready for 6.7 once it's clarified how best to credit Automattic's contributions.

​@peterwilsoncc commented on ​PR #7252:
2 years ago #3

@josephahaden Are you able to link your WordPress.org and GitHub profiles we (committer contributors) can be sure to credit you correctly for the release? ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/03/19/associating-github-accounts-with-wordpress-org-profiles/

#4 @peterwilsoncc
2 years ago

  • Owner set to peterwilsoncc
  • Resolution → fixed
  • Status new → closed

In 58958:

Bundled Themes: Add contributors to copyright notices.

One of the benefits of contributing to WordPress is that contributors license their code under the GPL rather than assign copyright to the WordPress Foundation or another entity.

This updates the copyright notices in each of the bundled themes to acknowledge contributors own a portion of the copyright. For themes with a significant contribution from Automattic, the copyright notice is updated from Automattic.com to the legal entity Automattic Inc.

Props peterwilsoncc, desrosj, sabernhardt, jorbin, chanthaboune.
Fixes #61943.

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