Wix Removes GPL-Licensed WordPress Code from Mobile App, Forks Original MIT Library
In October 2016, Matt Mullenweg called out Wix for using GPL-licensed code from the WordPress mobile app and distributing it in its proprietary app. After identifying a path for Wix to comply with the license, Mullenweg confirmed he would be willing to go to court to protect the GPL. Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami’s response to the allegations failed to address the issue of licensing, dodging the question with references to other open source contributions. Abrahami seemed to indicate that Wix would open source its mobile app but was not clear whether it would be GPL licensed:
“We always shared and admired your commitment to give back, which is exactly why we have those 224 open source projects, and thousands more bugs/improvements available to the open source community and we will release the app you saw as well,” Abrahami said.
The Wix Twitter account also gave the impression that the entire app would be released under the GPL:
@yairwein We’ll release the code on Github, where we also shared our previous projects: https://t.co/FBhp2Kd5wn
— Wix.com (@Wix) October 30, 2016
Publicly communicating these intentions bought the company time to educate its developers on the
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