The binary *is* the editable source, isn't it?<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Doug Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zamoose@gmail.com">zamoose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here's my question:<br>
How does a developer provide the "source" in order to comply with GPL<br>
licensing constraints?<br>
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Kirk Wight <<a href="mailto:kwight@kwight.ca">kwight@kwight.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> How do we feel about adding the following to the Guidelines, as another<br>
> bullet under Licensing :<br>
><br>
> "If the theme includes any binary files (such as images, fonts, or icons),<br>
> themes are required to explicitly declare all GPL-compatible licenses for<br>
> these files (this can be done in readme.txt)."<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 9 February 2012 19:44, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> The main question is: who holds the *copyright* on the binaries in<br>
>> question, and is the *copyright holder's license* explicit?<br>
>><br>
>> if the Theme dev has created all of the binaries (images, etc.) in the<br>
>> Theme, then the style.css license declaration is sufficient. If, on the<br>
>> other hand, the Theme is bundling binaries for which the developer *isn't*<br>
>> the copyright holder, then the original copyright and license need to be<br>
>> included explicitly.<br>
>><br>
>> Chip<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> If the media in general is GPL I don't think that they need to<br>
>>> be separated from the i.e. license.txt. Everything can be combined into one<br>
>>> license, either license.txt or link to browser-based license. If the licence<br>
>>> is GPL-Compatible, small note in readme.txt should be more than enough.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Emil<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Kirk Wight <<a href="mailto:kwight@kwight.ca">kwight@kwight.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Speaking of: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing</a><br>
>>>> and <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2011-October/007141.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2011-October/007141.html</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> How do you all handle licensing for binaries, such as images, fonts,<br>
>>>> etc? I've been quite a hard-ass with it lately in my reviews because of the<br>
>>>> above two references, but I'm noticing that it's difficult to even point<br>
>>>> people to an approved theme in the repo where it's done well. And if it's<br>
>>>> only a few images/graphics, are people being more lenient?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> One could argue that if the explicit license isn't there for binaries,<br>
>>>> then it falls under the general statement in style.css - but that makes me<br>
>>>> feel funny.<br>
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