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Old 06-08-2012, 12:38 PM  
HomeFry
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Originally Posted by PR_Tom View Post
If it works without wordpress, it's not a derivative work. That seems kind of self explanatory.
Right, but he's not selling it as a non-wp software. If you go read his site it's a "Professional Autoblogging and Spinning Plugin for WordPress". The word "WordPress" appears 16x in his homepage markup, which incidentally is a violation of their trademark. They clearly indicate that it's ok to use the term "WP", but not "WordPress" on their press page.

http://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/

Here's the quote from the page:
"We will grant permission to use the WordPress name and logo for projects that meet the following criteria:

The primary purpose of your project is to promote the spread and improvement of the WordPress software.
!!!Your project is non-commercial in nature (it can make money to cover its costs or contribute to non-profit entities, but it cannot be run as a for-profit project or business).
Your project neither promotes nor is associated with entities that currently fail to comply with the GPL license under which WordPress is distributed."
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