WordPress and it’s plugins and themes are released under an Open Source License known as the GPL. This license allows for certain freedoms in how we use software licensed under it. Yet there is a lot of debate about the various ways GPL licensed work is used or distributed.
In this talk, we will look at the ideas of forking, redistributing, and releasing software under the GPL. We will reveal what some popular and well-known WordPress developers say about these practices.
When you leave this talk, you will have a better understanding of what the GPL is and how you can use it an ethical and legal way.