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Originally Posted by d-null
interesting explanation Dan
so are you also saying then that copyright of any software only pertains to the distribution of that software.... in other words there is no legal problem with stealing software and using it as long as you don't distribute it??
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He said that plugin is not a part of WordPress, and it's absolutely correct. You can consider WP as an operating system like Windows. It doesn't need anything to work and it has API's that can be called by 3rd-party products. For example any, any Windows application (e.g. Photoshop) uses Windows API's to work. The same thing with WP plugins that use WP as their operating system by means of calling the API's.
In other words, if a plugin doesn't use of modify the code of some product, it will be considered as a standalone product like Photoshop
FOR Microsoft Windows.