<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:44 AM, 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;">
If the license declaration is accurately conveying GPL compliance I would likely approve the theme, even if it is not letter-compliant to the "Guideline" ... we will be taking the next step with version 3.1 by giving them a full example of what to be expected. Essentially a copy and paste block, as I understood it, that will meet the guidelines and therefore become an easily enforced "requirement".<br>
<br>As to existing themes not meeting the exact requirement at this time, but still clearly conveying the theme is being released under a GPL-compatible license, I would suggest using the "new" format but I would not hold it against the theme until the above is implemented.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>So, basically: you would ignore the current requirement? </div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; ">Themes are <b style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; ">required</b> to declare their license explicitly, using one of the following methods:<ul style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; ">
<li style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
Adding <i style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; ">License</i> and <i style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; ">License URI</i> header slugs to style.css</li><li style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
Including a <i style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; ">license.txt</i> file with the Theme</li></ul></span></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Is this a case of selective enforcement?</div>
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<br>To be honest, and I have been struggling with the wording for some time, "Guideline" and "requirement" should not be used in the same sentence IMO. It is either one or the other in simpler thinking. </blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>I think it's semantics, but perhaps relevant, if misunderstood. The Guidelines are a collection of criteria, and those criteria are classified as *required*, *recommended*, or *optional*. I don't see how it is wrong/confusing/redundant/whatever to say "required guideline" or "recommended guideline" or "optional guideline". Would "criteria" be a preferable term to "guideline"?</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">That being said, I treat the CSS validation as more a guideline than a requirement; and, I make every effort to stay consistent in how I approach the CSS when reviewing a theme.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>And again:</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; ">Themes are <b style="font-variant: normal !important; text-align: left !important; ">required</b> to utilize current recognized version(s) of (X)HTML and CSS. Test using one of the following methods:</span></div>
</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>So is this another case of selective enforcement?</div><div><br></div><div>If we're selectively enforcing the Guidelines, as opposed to allowing something to remain unfixed but only until the next revision, then we definitely need to take a look at the Guidelines again. AFAIK, either we enforce them, or we don't. That's the whole point of providing objective criteria and performing consistent, objective, and fair reviews.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip</div></div>