Title: Websites using WordPress without credit or ripping code?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Websites using WordPress without credit or ripping code?

 *  [Arash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john25/)
 * (@john25)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/)
 * WordPress is a great blog and cms software. Yet I keep on seeing more websites
   that use WordPress without any mention. They even strip anything within the code
   that reefers to wordpress.
 * Personally I get frustrated when I see that. But what can be done against such
   sites?

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 *  [Adam Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamrbrown/)
 * (@adamrbrown)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/#post-661177)
 * Nothing. It’s released GPL, so people aren’t required to give credit. They should,
   but it’s not violating a law or anything not to.
 *  Thread Starter [Arash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john25/)
 * (@john25)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/#post-661178)
 * Thanks. They should atleast mention wordpress, instead of acting like they made
   it.
 *  [Bobcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobcat/)
 * (@bobcat)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/#post-661303)
 * Why? You say it’s running WordPress, you give hackers a big headstart on knowing
   what exploits to try.
 *  [vimm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vimm/)
 * (@vimm)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/#post-661307)
 * By that logic, perhaps they should say they’re using Movable Type just to throw
   hackers off.
 *  [tank71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tank71/)
 * (@tank71)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/websites-using-wordpress-without-credit-or-ripping-code/#post-661318)
 * I think WordPress should be given credit. After all its the WordPress team that
   put all the hard work into the CMS that the site is using.
 * However, there is absolutely nothing that can be done against these sites that
   choose use WordPress anonymously.

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