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WordPress Creator GPL Says WP Template Must Be GPL'd
An anonymous reader writes "Matt Mullenweg (the creator of open source blog software WordPress), after review by various legal experts, is sticking to his guns that themes and plugins that 'extend' WordPress violate the GPL if they are not themselves distributed under the GPL. Matt has gone so far as to post this on Twitter. According to Matt, the premium template called Thesis should be under ...

10 Terrific New Tumblr Themes
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11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress
Cyrus Patten is the editor of Pingable.org , a blog about everything WordPress. He specializes in the role of technology in community organizing. WordPress is inherently fast, and thats why so many professional bloggers call it

A moo-ving tale
Author Thom Vernon injected several unusual twists into what could be considered a typical dysfunctional family novel: The cover of The Drifts, which features a photo of a pretty doe-faced calf, should be a tip off.

WordPress Could Sue Popular Theme Developer Over License Dispute
There is an intense debate brewing in the open source development community these days whose resolution could have widespread implications for the sharing and distribution of software. Matt Mullenweg , the founder of WordPress , disagrees with the way Chris Pearson , creator of a popular WordPress theme and framework, has chosen to distributed his product - a method he believes is against the ...

Four short links: 16 July 2010 - GPL Debate, Storage Costs, Social Software, Vodafone's Open Source
GPL WordPress Theme Angst -- a podcaster brought together Matt Mullenweg (creator of WordPress), and Chris Pearson (creator of the Thesis theme). Chris doesn't believe WordPress's GPL should be inherited by themes. Matt does, and the SFLC and others agree. The conversation is interesting because (a) they and the podcaster do a great job of keeping it civil and...