Title: Are wordpress plugins ‘derivative works’?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Are wordpress plugins ‘derivative works’?

 *  [graphox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graphox/)
 * (@graphox)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-wordpress-plugins-derivative-works/)
 * Hi,
 * Under the terms of the GPL, should we consider WordPress plugins to be derivative
   works? Or can we release them under proprietary licenses?
 * I know this is a legal grey area. I just wanted to know the intention of the 
   core WordPress team.

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