Title: License
Author: WordPress.org
Published: 1 ธันวาคม 2025

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# GNU Public License

The license under which the WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later)
from the [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/). A copy of the license
is included with every copy of WordPress, but you can also [read the text of the license here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html).

Part of this license outlines requirements for derivative works, such as plugins
or themes. Derivatives of WordPress code inherit the GPL license. [Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/),
which has the same GPL license as WordPress, has an excellent page on [licensing as it applies to themes and modules](https://www.drupal.org/about/licensing)(
their word for plugins).

There is some legal grey area regarding what is considered a derivative work, but
we feel strongly that plugins and themes are derivative work and thus inherit the
GPL license. If you disagree, you might want to consider a non-GPL platform such
as [Serendipity](https://docs.s9y.org/) (BSD license) instead.