Miriam Schwab

The communication around GPL from the inception of WP has been that it’s the most ideal license for the project and must be strictly upheld to protect its freedoms. Anything that even slightly touches WP, or refers to WP code in some way, must be GPL. No exceptions or flexibility allowed or tolerated whatsoever. It can be a challenging license, but it makes sense, and we all have learned to embrace it as part of WordPress’ DNA.

And now a major new component that is touted as the future of WP may get a whole other license? Apparently there’s a business need, but no other business needs have ever been considered, not even slightly (as far as I know).

And with all due respect to mobile apps (some of my best tools are mobile apps 🙂), how is that the ultimate business need that is succeeding in pushing WP in another direction? I have a feeling that there are a zillion other business needs that would benefit from a different license, but no one has cared about that.

I’m not saying I’m against this move. It just feels like a drastic about-face after years of effort and messaging and enforcement around upholding GPL down to the tiniest details 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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