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Based on my understanding, this is not how it works.

IP issues withstanding, the owner of a software can relicense any time they want.

Any software released in the past would still be subject to the GPL.

So, if Matt decided to make WordPress closed source, previous versions would still be licensed under the terms of the GPL.


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greyface-10/12/2024

According to `git blame`, Matt isn't the sole, or even majority, owner of the WordPress codebase.

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