Comments on: GPL-tards want to steal your work http://notaresource.com/2009/07/02/gpl-tards-want-to-steal-your-work/ I am human, hear me bitch. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: WordPress Themes are GPL and Chris Pearson still acting like a bully » Mark Finch Thoughts http://notaresource.com/2009/07/02/gpl-tards-want-to-steal-your-work/#comment-59 WordPress Themes are GPL and Chris Pearson still acting like a bully » Mark Finch Thoughts Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:52:49 +0000 http://notaresource.com/?p=701#comment-59 [...] Red Sweater Blog Notaresource [...] [...] Red Sweater Blog Notaresource [...]

]]> By: Les thèmes Wordpress doivent être libres | Encre de Lune http://notaresource.com/2009/07/02/gpl-tards-want-to-steal-your-work/#comment-58 Les thèmes Wordpress doivent être libres | Encre de Lune Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:22:48 +0000 http://notaresource.com/?p=701#comment-58 [...] blogger anglophone va même jusqu’à contester totalement cette prise de position. Son argumentation est qu’un thème “ne copie pas” ou “ne modifie [...] [...] blogger anglophone va même jusqu’à contester totalement cette prise de position. Son argumentation est qu’un thème “ne copie pas” ou “ne modifie [...]

]]> By: notaresource http://notaresource.com/2009/07/02/gpl-tards-want-to-steal-your-work/#comment-57 notaresource Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:15:40 +0000 http://notaresource.com/?p=701#comment-57 Using != Copying. What's your argument, that I can't type the string "have_posts()" without violating the WordPress copyrights? Do I now need to GPL license this comment? If you have a real argument based on the text of the GPLv2 or US copyright case law, I'm ready to debate. You should start by explaining why someone must agree to the GPL in the first place in order to develop a theme / plugin (Section 5), and if they had agreed, why Section 0 doesn't exempt their work when distributed without a copy of WordPress. Using != Copying.

What’s your argument, that I can’t type the string “have_posts()” without violating the WordPress copyrights? Do I now need to GPL license this comment?

If you have a real argument based on the text of the GPLv2 or US copyright case law, I’m ready to debate. You should start by explaining why someone must agree to the GPL in the first place in order to develop a theme / plugin (Section 5), and if they had agreed, why Section 0 doesn’t exempt their work when distributed without a copy of WordPress.

]]> By: Tony http://notaresource.com/2009/07/02/gpl-tards-want-to-steal-your-work/#comment-56 Tony Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:45:44 +0000 http://notaresource.com/?p=701#comment-56 You said: "This is absolutely wrong. Writing a theme or plug-in for WordPress does not require copying a single line of code, or anything derived from the code, into the theme or plug-in." ==> If you are such an expert to say that, you must be a damn good coder, so why don't go ahead and code a WordPress Theme that does not use "the loop" (from WordPress) or a single line of code to interact with WP core files - and see how functional, useful, and WP-compatible it will be! You said: “This is absolutely wrong. Writing a theme or plug-in for WordPress does not require copying a single line of code, or anything derived from the code, into the theme or plug-in.” ==> If you are such an expert to say that, you must be a damn good coder, so why don’t go ahead and code a WordPress Theme that does not use “the loop” (from WordPress) or a single line of code to interact with WP core files – and see how functional, useful, and WP-compatible it will be!

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