Where to find WordPress API changes for each version released

When I go here to download WordPress – https://wordpress.org/download/, is there a page either on the web or nested within the folders of the downloaded package that will explain any core code modifications (i.e. new or refactored WordPress API components) within the latest version? I’m trying to learn what major API changes have been introduced … Read more

Licensing: Can I include SWFs without source in a plugin released on wordpress.org?

Suppose I create a WP plugin that includes a couple of SWFs that I create (not third-party SWFs). According to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/ , if I want to publish that plugin on wordpress.org I have to release it as GPLv2 or compatible. The first question is more theoretical: Do I have to release the source code for … Read more

Where the WordPress Core Translation is “actually” taking place?

I’m a WordPress Core Bengali translator, currently translating and/or fixing existing translations of WordPress 3.8x Bengali in Translate.WordPress.org. Suddenly, yesterday I got an update notification in all my WPLANG ‘bn_BD‘ sites that, a new version of WordPress Bengali for WordPress 3.9 has come, so update your system. After the update I found a bluff update, … Read more