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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I solved me issue from earlier. Sorry to bother people! Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tiffany McCormick Potter <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(202) 341-5955<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanympotter" title="View public profile"><span lang=EN style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanympotter</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Skype: tm.potter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/EcoAnalytics"><span style='color:blue'>https://twitter.com/#!/EcoAnalytics</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>www.ecoadata.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org [mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Ambartsumov<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>makes a perfect sense now, thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ThemeForest Themes comply 100% with the GPL, as far as I know. However, that doesn't mean that their Themes are 100% GPL.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Split licenses do not violate the GPL; they are 100% GPL-compatible. But that does not mean that they are 100% GPL. Any resources under the more-restrictive part of the split license are NOT GPL (otherwise, why split the license?). This arrangement IS FINE for non-WPORG-hosted Themes, but it is NOT FINE for WPORG-hosted Themes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So, AwesomeThemes can distribute split-license Themes from their own site, but any Themes they submit to the WPORG repository cannot be split-licensed; they must be 100% GPL.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What AwesomeThemes CANNOT do, however, is distribute Themes under non-GPL-compatible licenses, if they intend to have Themes hosted in the WPORG repository.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully that clarifies things. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>Chip</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Robert Ambartsumov <<a href="mailto:robert6292@gmail.com" target="_blank">robert6292@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chip, are you saying a developer with a hosted theme on <a href="http://wp.org" target="_blank">wp.org</a> (100% gpl) can't create, say another theme and promote it on themeforest (which is not really a 100% gpl)?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The question isn't the matter of technical GPL inheritance, but rather of Themes - and developers - adhering to stated WPORG policy regarding GPL compatibility of hosted Themes, and of Themes distributed or promoted by developers who have WPORG-hosted Themes. That is: it is not a matter of legal GPL inheritance, but rather of adherence to WPORG policy for hosted Themes.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>WPORG-hosted Themes are required to be 100% GPL-compatible (not split-licensed). Developers who have WPORG-hosted Themes cannot distribute or promote Themes with non-GPL-compatible licenses.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>Chip</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Rankin, Matthew W. (Student) <<a href="mailto:mrankin@my.ccsu.edu" target="_blank">mrankin@my.ccsu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I like the approach taken by ThemeForest. Any PHP code which contains WordPress functionality must be released under the GPL, but the CSS/HTML/Javascript and images used in the theme are copyrighted by the theme author. That being said, I don't think most premium theme stores are in violation of the GPL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a> [<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a>] on behalf of Emil Uzelac [<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This afternoon I came across this post <a href="http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/" target="_blank">http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/</a> what do you guys thing?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>P.S. Note that this is not site-specific issue, we need a general opinion only, try to isolate sites listed in the post.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Emil<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>theme-reviewers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>theme-reviewers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>theme-reviewers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>theme-reviewers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>