Comments on: Blogsessive on WordPress Themes and the GPL https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/06/29/blogsessive-on-wordpress-themes-and-the-gpl/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: redwall_hp https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/06/29/blogsessive-on-wordpress-themes-and-the-gpl/#comment-8710 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:53:39 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2318#comment-8710 Re-licensing it under the LGPL (Less er GPL) might work better, in my opinion. A lot of compilers and such use it. It's essentially the GPL, but without the stipulation that derivative works have to be released under the same license.

]]> By: Alex Cristache https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/06/29/blogsessive-on-wordpress-themes-and-the-gpl/#comment-8705 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2318#comment-8705 My opinion is that WordPress should release a paid license too. Keep a free product as it is, and also a paid product for those that don't want to "benefit" from the GPL. Be it a fixed fee or percentage of sales.

]]> By: redwall_hp https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/06/29/blogsessive-on-wordpress-themes-and-the-gpl/#comment-8701 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:26:39 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2318#comment-8701 Exactly. I've gotten into a few arguments about this in the past year or so, even with the big Matt himself. This is something that needs to be resolved.

You may remember, or have heard of, the flood of users that left Movable Type and moved to WordPress a few years ago. (Because they took a free product and made it paid.) It's entirely possible that the same thing could happen with WordPress…because it's *too* free.

]]> By: Alex Cristache https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/06/29/blogsessive-on-wordpress-themes-and-the-gpl/#comment-8699 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:07:28 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2318#comment-8699 Hey Matt, I'm glad to see that some people still keep cool and don't get carried away by this recent I LOVE GPL, NO MATTER WHAT wave. There's nothing that's 100% pure good or pure bad, and everything has its downsides for certain people.

WordPress has definitely made our lives easier and I have been an "evangelist" for WordPress in my own way, but I feel that this "new wave" puts a lot of pressure on people that don't really deserve the extra pressure in these harsh times.

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