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Wix abandons WordPress GPL editor fork for original MIT, blocks relicensing

2 pointsby donnemartinover 8 years ago

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ealexhudsonover 8 years ago
&quot;2) when the Software is distributed as source code, the licensee is prohibited to change the license of the Software to any “viral” copyleft-type license, such as, inter alia: GPL, LGPL, EPL, MPL, etc.&quot;<p>This is what happens when you don&#x27;t talk to lawyers, I guess. Combining MIT and GPL doesn&#x27;t relicense anything, they&#x27;re mutually compatible - you can fulfil both license obligations simultaneously.<p>So actually, it doesn&#x27;t appear to be an issue using EMIT-licensed software within GPLed software, so long as you retain the EMIT license on the original code and any subsequent modifications.