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Yes, I submit my themes from ThemeHybrid.com to the repository. I
still have a business built around it and am listed in the
commercial themes directory. I just sell support services for my
themes. I'm really no more or less commercial than the other theme
businesses. I just have a different business model that allows me
to host on the repository.<br>
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On 12/13/2011 6:50 AM, Mario Peshev wrote:
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cite="mid:CAN_8tK4+0bK7n9jHkvrpMfr3_wRxPtB-t622XMVtWFRWPuk1Zg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Most markets have dual license - PHP/WP code is GPL,
images/css/html on the other hand is copyrighted.
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And some themes are not submitted in commercial market due to
some financial reasons :)</div>
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Basically it's up to the developer/theme. Some submit lite
version and sell premium + support in addition.<br clear="all">
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Mario Peshev<br>
Training and Consulting Services @ DevriX<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Chip
Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
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<div>Commercial Themes are not listed in the repository,
quite simply because the developers of those Themes do not
submit them, and because if someone else did, we would not
accept such a submission from someone other than the
developer. (Themes submitted to the repository are
expected to be the submitter's own work.)</div>
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<div>The commercial Themes listing on WPORG is outside of
the area of control of the Theme Review Team. We really
have nothing to do with that listing.</div>
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<div>Beyond that, this mail list would not benefit from
delving too deeply into your other questions regarding
free versus commercial Themes, or into matters of GPL
compliance/derivative works. Themes submitted for
inclusion in the Theme repository are required to be 100%
GPL (or compatible). Any commentary beyond that
requirement is off-topic for this mail list. There are
plenty of other venues for exploring that rabbit hole. :)</div>
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<div><font color="#888888">Chip</font>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:37
AM, Noumaan Yaqoob <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:y.noumaan@gmail.com"
target="_blank">y.noumaan@gmail.com</a>></span>
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Basically a large number of Premium themes are
also GPL. I can not<br>
understand that if these are GPL licensed themes
then why they are<br>
behind the paywalls on their official websites and
not included in<br>
Wordpress Repositories. What more can be done to
get more premium<br>
themes listed here:<br>
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href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/"
target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/</a><br>
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I looked around and found interesting debates on
the topic. It seems<br>
to me that even if a license is not declared or
declared anything<br>
other than GPL, many people believe that themes
are a derivative work<br>
and automatically inherit GPL license.<br>
<br>
Does that mean that premium themes are not paid
themes instead they<br>
are just offering support and other paid services.
Is there any<br>
example that a premium theme author asked someone
to stop using their<br>
theme because it is not licensed GPL?<br>
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On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Mario Peshev
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mario@peshev.net"
target="_blank">mario@peshev.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Noumaan
Yaqoob <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:y.noumaan@gmail.com"
target="_blank">y.noumaan@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> @angelo just checked the requirements
for theme review and it looks so<br>
>> complicated. These requirements and
guidelines do ensure quality I<br>
>> suppose. People who are distributing
their themes as Premium themes,<br>
>> how do we know that they have a
quality theme that follows similar<br>
>> guidelines as Official Theme
Repository?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Some of the markets have reviewers as
well, recently I learned that they<br>
> also use the Theme-Check plugin too.
Others have less strict workflow or no<br>
> review.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> So how people can be encouraged to
develop free themes? How about<br>
>> Wordpress starts giving some sort of
stickers/buttons/banners to the<br>
>> people who contribute free themes? A
sticker that just says I am a<br>
>> WordPress Theme Contributor or
something like that?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> Some encouragement of this type could
probably help, however these themes<br>
> are publicly available (including the
search for themes in every WP admin)<br>
> which is good enough if you care about
portfolio or something.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:33 PM,
Angelo Bertolli<br>
>> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:angelo.bertolli@gmail.com"
target="_blank">angelo.bertolli@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>> > On 12/12/2011 07:25 AM, Noumaan
Yaqoob wrote:<br>
>> >> Hi,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I was looking around for
data about the number of Free WordPress<br>
>> >> themes uploaded to
WordPress.org's Themes repository.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I feel that the number of
high quality Free WordPress themes is<br>
>> >> decreasing and someone
should do something about promoting GNU/GPL<br>
>> >> licensed wordpress themes. I
have nothing against Premium themes and I<br>
>> >> think it is fine if people
want to get paid for the effort they put<br>
>> >> in. But I also believe that
we should keep the community spirit of<br>
>> >> free software alive.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> So any ideas on how GNU GPL
licensed free WordPress themes should be<br>
>> >> promoted and how we can
encourage more people to contribute?<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Part of the reason is probably
because barrier to entry increases over<br>
>> > time. The time and skill needed
to make a WP theme now is much<br>
>> > different than it was for WP
1.5--and I think that makes a difference.<br>
>> >
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