I agree, we may need to sort this out more and include a best-practice approach as a guideline. Also, since this is an "Automattic" theme I would like to see one (preferably more) of their Theme Wranglers opinion on this matter as well.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Michael Fields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@mfields.org">michael@mfields.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Kirk,<br>
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> Just a SWF, no FLA.<br>
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</div>This sounds like a red flag to me.<br>
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It cannot be open source without the source file :)<br>
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IMHO the presence of the FLA should be required in a GPL compatible theme.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> There is no reference to any restrictions, nor a license.<br>
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</div>This sounds red flag-ish as well. But maybe not ...<br>
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If no explicit license is present, I believe that the component (SWF) should inherit the license of the package as declared in style.css or license.txt in the theme folder.<br>
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I have only limited experience with flash but, from what I remember seeing, license information in flash components is sometimes included directly in the source (FLA) file.<br>
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Without being able to see the source, it is impossible to know whether the component's licensing conflicts with the GPLv2.<br>
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These are just my opinions on the matter. I'm no expert when it comes to licensing, but I do my best to approach situations with common sense. logic and a love for open source. This is a very good topic for discussion and maybe something that should be added to the theme guidelines once a consensus is reached.<br>
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Best,<br>
- Mike<br>
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