Title: Licensing
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Licensing

 *  [mrkris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkris/)
 * (@mrkris)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/licensing-1/)
 * A friend needs some stuff done in WP that will be commericial and closed source.
   GPL is tricky in my opinion, so would it violate WP licensing if I made WP function
   calls from the extension, or used the global $wpdb ?

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 *  [jaredquinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaredquinn/)
 * (@jaredquinn)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/licensing-1/#post-390476)
 * This isn’t really the best place to ask this question.. but you can find answers
   at gnu.org..
 * [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DevelopChangesUnderNDA](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DevelopChangesUnderNDA)
 * [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnreleasedMods](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnreleasedMods)

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/licensing-1/#post-390476)
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