Title: GPL and plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# GPL and plugins

 *  [skar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shubhkarman/)
 * (@shubhkarman)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gpl-and-plugins-1/)
 * The Plugin developer center says “Your plugin must be GPLv2 Compatible.”. But
   I found that the Topsy plugin is under GPLv3. [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html)
   states that GPLv2 and GPLv3 are incompatible. So should this be allowed? Consider
   if I want to use some code from the Topsy plugin. Then, should I release my plugin
   under GPLv2 or GPLv3 ??

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gpl-and-plugins-1/#post-1628872)
 * GPL2. And Topsy should fix that.

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