I do so, using an licence Server. The Plugin / The Theme sends an licence-code (md5 on the wordpress-url) each hour to that Server and check whether the licence-code is valid or not (also get some remote Settings, if you have multi-mode-licences (Basic, Standard, Extended) or so) and if it’s not valid, the plugin stops … Read more
WordPress is licensed under GPLv2 according to their website. Answers to your questions, under the GPL: 1) Am I OK to publish my version of the code on GitHub/Packagist? Yes, as long as you keep a copy of the GPLv2 license with your released code. 2) If so, I presume I need to use the … Read more
The official WP line is that if you want to share sell or distribute your plugin/theme, then the PHP code must be GPL compatible. This is because GPL is a copyleft licence. The WP project, maintainers, and governance follow the same interpretation of this that the FSF and others do, the same interpretation being used … Read more
Understanding the WPBakery License
Yes. The GNU General Public License explicitly allows for charging for redistribution (which you’re not actually doing in this case): You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy… …and explicitly allows for unlimited usage rights: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are … Read more
It would be highly atypical for a license to stipulate such power as demanding access to your site, I mean who would trust it? That said there are plenty of malicious code out there, especially if you are getting themes/plugins from shady distribution channels and/or pirated copies. Also if extension supports updates then it does … Read more
You can find it on the WordPress website, under “License”. It is GPLv2 MySQL is not a part of WordPress, WP simply uses it. Their licenses are unrelated. The license under which the WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later) from the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is included with … Read more
A popular choice is the Duel license BOTH GPL AND (non-modified) MIT. The non-modified MIT license is on the list of Compatible licenses though (See:Expat License) Area of jurisdiction: Austria. This is interesting to me, I’m not sure that line violates any license but to me part of Open Source is just giving up some … Read more
Short answer: Yes. I’ll go through your question step by step so you can better understand why I write so: I notice that WordPress uses the GPL 2+ license. This depends a bit to which version you are referring. The public available, stable version 3.0.4 is licensed under GPL (no version given). That was not … Read more
Think about it. If I write a text file using the Linux kernel (GPL) and GNU software like Gnome or Bash (also GPL) using GNU Emacs (also GPL), is that text file GPL? No. I think that should answer your question. To clarify, on a general basis, the copyleft aspect of the GPL only applies … Read more