WordPress is open source software, it’s license is GPL v2. Why does that matter? Why should I care? In this talk we’ll discuss why Open source matters, why the GPL is important. I’ll do an overview of what GPL is the differences between GPL and proprietary licenses. I’ll discuss why Open Source Matters and why we all users benefit from it. The target audience is not developers or implementors that have heard this before, but WP users who may never have heard these terms nor considered that they are important. The goal is to help people understand the value, protections, and security that WordPress gives them due to the GPL and Open Source