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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by dingnuts on Thursday September 26, 2024 @03:46PM (#41662429)
in this case the "rules" you're talking about are licensing terms, so I have trouble interpreting your statement as anything other than "licenses wouldnt be needed if everyone would just use software the way the author wants"

How is WPEngine a parasite? If you don't want people to use your code don't release it GPL

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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by consteval on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:21PM (#41662868)
Has absolutely nothing to do with the license, the code was and is GPL-2.

GPL-2 doesn't force you to allow free access to web resources. This is a separate problem altogether. You'd get banned even if they were closed source.

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