It's not that the pro versions are not GPL-compatible; rather, it is that the Theme Repository is being used to push users to the pro versions.<div><br></div><div>Pagelines (apparently) makes no mention of the availability of free versions of the Themes - and also pushes the pro versions in at least THREE other places within the backend of the free versions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>While it is of course acceptable to suggest users of a free version of a product to check out the pro version - and I fully support such practice - what the Pagelines Themes are doing clearly exceeds the line of propriety. I don't think the free Themes are crippleware; but they are certainly advertise/upsell-ware.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Take a look at one of the Themes yourself, and see if you think I am exaggerating. I very well could be.</div><div><br></div><div>But, at the very least, Theme URI does need to point to an accurate, appropriate, and relevant site. Linking to the "pro" version of a free Theme does not meet this criterion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Are not *all* of the Pagelines themes (free and pro) released under a GPL compatible license? Paid != incompatible.<br><br>As far as I recall they are; and, having the Theme URI pointing to it would not be an issue as I understand it.<br>
<br><br>Cais.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Actually, <a href="https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1259#comment:5" target="_blank">credit zeo</a>.<div><br></div><div>(And ALL of Pagelines' submitted Themes are identical.)<br><div><br></div><div>But it is a good reminder: always check the less-obvious things like Theme/Author URIs, licenses for bundled components (I just found one today that was bundled with a font that did not have a GPL-compliant license), and the like.</div>
<div><br></div><div><font color="#888888">Chip</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Simon Prosser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pross@pross.org.uk" target="_blank">pross@pross.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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i just looked at eco : <a href="http://www.pagelines.com/themes/ecopro" target="_blank">http://www.pagelines.com/themes/ecopro</a> lands at a<br>
buy now/demo page<br>
<br>
well spotted chip!<br>
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On 10/06/10 18:10, Chip Bennett wrote:<br>
> All of the Themes submitted by Pagelines have a "free" and a "pro"<br>
> version. The "free" version is submitted to the Repository, but the<br>
> Theme URI for every single one points to the "pro" version of the<br>
> Theme. I just checked the Pagelines website. There are no indications on<br>
> the site that the "free" Theme versions even exist - at least that I<br>
> could find at first blush.<br>
><br>
> I believe this is unacceptable, and should be addressed.<br>
><br>
> I'm going to close as not-accepted the oldest such Theme in the review<br>
> queue, and that will be one of the primary comments.<br>
><br>
> Chip<br>
><br>
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