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Does Wordpress have to be released under the GPL?

Since mysql is under GPL, and wordpress uses it as the database, does wordpress have to be open-source? (Can choose one of GPL/BSD/MIT/APACHE and other open-source license though).

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Not sure this is something for Super User, maybe more for WordPress Stack Exchange or the WordPress.org support forums. – BoltClock Sep 5 '11 at 18:47
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See the answer to your last question: "MySQL is not a part of WordPress, WP simply uses it. Their licenses are unrelated". SU is not a legal forum. :) – techie007 Sep 5 '11 at 18:50
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Well, the question is not specific to wordpress, but any software that uses GPL or other OS licenses, and probably should be rephrased as such. – MaQleod Sep 5 '11 at 18:51
Hope there is a "license stack exchange". These questions puzzled me a couple of years. Those license explanations are too hard to me to understand. – Freewind Sep 5 '11 at 18:59
My first reaction was also "this is a legal question, not an SU question," but I still think it's okay. The legal issue at hand is open-source licensing, which is inherently software-related. – Lord Torgamus Sep 5 '11 at 18:59
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No. The code is not linked in any way. WordPress is written in PHP, which accesses MySQL through standard TCP/IP. Essentially, it connects to the MySQL server the same way a human would.

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