In reply to Andreas Nurbo.

I don't think anything in my post questioned that. But Matt is incorrect that the remedy is for Wix to open-source the entire application. Wix is only required to share GPLv2 components. Which may be most of the app - but still - not the entire app.

Matt cannot, and frankly should not, demand Wix open-source their entire app. If Automattic felt that was what they wanted WordPress for Android to be subjected to, they should have licensed it under GPLv3, not GPLv2.

There is no statutory penalty for violating GPLv2 other than to bring it into compliance. That is what Wix should do, and what Automattic should demand/compel them to do. The problem is, it doesn't benefit Automattic much to go to the effort to do that. Hence why GPL lawsuits accomplish little in most cases.

I suspect Wix didn't feel that it was going to be as big of a deal as this has become, but there's an undercurrent here. Wix has made a lot of money by taking WordPress and turning it into a commercial platform. They have become a direct competitor to WordPress.com using WordPress.

Their success in this regard - rightly or wrongly - is why Wix should have known they would be held to such strict scrutiny.