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		scribu on Aug 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nginx Plus How exactly is HyperDB closed source?! It's in the public wordpress.org plugin repository. SVN repository: http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hyperdb/ SVN changelog: http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hyperdb/ Yes, it's not on Github (which is a shame), but that's a long way away from being closed source.

Eiwatah4 on Aug 22, 2013 [–]

I can't find any license information in that repository. That means all rights reserved, at least in my jurisdiction.

dbarlett on Aug 22, 2013 | [–]

All plugins hosted on WordPress.org are GPLv2+ if not otherwise specified (see #2 on http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/guidelines/ ).

mh- on Aug 23, 2013 | | [–]

GPLv2 requires that a copy of the license is distributed "with every copy of the program". [0]

[0]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#Wh...

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