There have been a few WordPress/GPL (GNU General Public License) related ‘dramas’ that have taken place in the wider WordPress world since it was originally forked from b2/cafelog in 2003. Mostly this has been around the selling of paid or premium themes. More recently it was again brought into the limelight when a WordPress competitor used some WordPress GPL code in their proprietary software.
The biggest problem with the GPL is that mostly people don’t really know the full implications of the license, what it provides for in terms of WordPress, its past and its future, and how it affects anything you build with/for WordPress.
This talk will aim to explain these topics in a broad sense, delving into the history of WordPress and how the GPL has shaped the path of WordPress, as well as discuss what the long term implications are to you and your business if you embrace it.