[p8952]

It seems more like:

1. Delve Labs has commercial scanners which bundle but do not link with WPScan.

2. WPScan, previously licensed under the GPL, introduce a commercialization clause in addition to the GPL.

Side Note. WPScan may not have the right to do this because they do not use copyright attribution. Without this they need permission from everyone who has ever contributed code to their project.

3. WPScan demand money from Delve Labs.

4. Delve Labs make a fork from a point before WPScan introduced the commercialization clause. They keep this version licensed under the GPL.

[harwoodr]

Yep. I think the WPScan guy doesn't understand how the GPL works... and seems to think that having a "wrapper" around it for commercial/non-commercial somehow lets him circumvent the GPL intent.

Forking the code from before the license change is an excellent way to keep free software free - and yes, I think he'll have to get permission from every prior contributor before he can legally change the license.

[RRRA]

See this comment where they list all the (probably unaware) contributors:

https://www.delvelabs.ca/robbed-gunpoint/#comment-1811325060