[theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Sat Sep 27 00:27:35 UTC 2014


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
wrote:

> How is it in the principles of open source to prevent theme authors from
> using our own brands? A restriction which is not applied to plugins. If I
> want to release CyberChimps Slider plugin, CyberChimps Security plugin,
> CyberChimps XYZ plugin I can.
>

Invalid comparison. If you attempted to make "CyberChimps Slider" and
"CyberChimps Slider II" in the plugin directory, then that second one would
indeed be rejected. We don't allow version numbers in plugin names in the
plugin directory.

-Otto
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