GPL Licensing Budapest Word Press Meetup Free Software

GPL Licensing Budapest Word. Press Meetup

Free Software Foundation Establish by: Richard Stallman 4 freedoms: 1. Use 2. Learn 3. Redistribute as it is 4. Redistribute after changes

GPL -» Themes and Plugins “You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. ”

Other elements of a theme or plugin • PHP are subject of the GPL, CSS, JS libraries and images are not • Developers of these themes may apply other restrictive licenses to these elements if they wish (e. g. Theme forest) • You may make theme 100% GPL

WP Supports Authors with 100% GPL https: //wordpress. org/themes/commerci al/ Can imagine a WP site without JS and CSS?

License combinations • Themeforest split license: restricts non-php files with proprietary basis -» you have no freedom = in case of regular license, you can resell to only 1 client • Themeforest accepts 100% GPL products • GPL + Special license: WPMUDEV, Woothemes, Studiopress…etc. get angry if you resell their products

Other licenses or rights • For images: always look for CC • For CSS: depending on the developer, Bootstrap uses MIT

Conclusion • You pay mainly for support • You are free to build a website based on a GPL theme or plugin • Follow the ethical way and give credit

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