[theme-reviewers] An inquiry on sponsored themes

[Joseph Scott]

Themes with sponsored links are not eligible for consideration in the
theme directory.


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:46 PM, George Haddix <georgehaddix at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a team member on the new company Visual Denim, and one of the services
> we're looking to offer is a sponsorship service for themes, where theme
> authors are "hooked up" with potential sponsors. Sponsors can place a small
> link in the footer of the theme and in return, the theme author is rewarded
> with a payment.
> What makes our service different from others is that we vet our potential
> sponsors very thoroughly. We also limit the amount of sponsorship to one
> link, which is then managed through our Visual Denim servers and constantly
> checked for abuse. We try to be very civilized.
> We're curious about whether such a plan would allow those themes to be
> featured in the WordPress directory. Again, the themes are still
> GPL-licensed and users will still be able to remove that code snippet at
> their free will if they so choose. This is really just a way for theme
> authors to make a bit of money - in essence, replacing the theme author's
> link with a sponsored link to a company.
> Please get back to me if possible. Thank you.



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