ThemeForest themes are sold with <b>dual licensing</b> - this is the license.txt file content that's packaged with each TF theme:<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<i>This WordPress theme is comprised of two parts: (1) The PHP code is licensed under the GPL license as is WordPress itself. You will find a copy of the license text in the same directory as this text file. Or you can read it here:<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/GPL">http://codex.wordpress.org/GPL</a> (2) All other parts of the theme including, but not limited to the CSS code, images, and design are licensed according to the license purchased. Read about licensing details here: <a href="http://wiki.envato.com/support/legal-terms/licensing-terms/">http://wiki.envato.com/support/legal-terms/licensing-terms/</a> </i></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Even without ThemeForest's proprietary licensing, in practice ThemeForest themes are rarely 100% GPL-compatible, as images, CSS, and JavaScript libraries are not required to be licensed under GPL-compatible licensed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Whether it's acceptable for a <a href="http://wordpress.org">wordpress.org</a> theme author to offer/promote/link to ThemeForest themes on his Author URI I cannot say.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks for the further help.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:38 PM, yulian yordanov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yul.yordanov@gmail.com" target="_blank">yul.yordanov@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Yes, he can. </div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLCommercially" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLCommercially</a><div><br></div><div><div><b>If I use a piece of software that has been obtained under the GNU GPL, am I allowed to modify the original code into a new program, then distribute and sell that new program commercially?</b> </div>
</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>You are allowed to sell copies of the modified program commercially, but only under the terms of the GNU GPL. Thus, for instance, you must make the source code available to the users of the program as described in the GPL, and they must be allowed to redistribute and modify it as described in the GPL.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><div><br></div><div>These requirements are the condition for including the GPL-covered code you received in a program of your own.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">На 08 март 2012, 17:25, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> написа:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hello,<div>Following question is to clarify my concept about Free / Premium themes.</div><div><ul>
<li>An Author / Developer create a couple of WordPress themes and shares them in WordPress under GPL license.</li>
<li>Can he sell his premium themes at some other marketplaces like themeforest etc if he incorporates GPL license in his selling package.</li>
</ul><div>Thanks</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><font color="#666666">Regards</font><div><font color="#666666">Qamar Ashraf</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Project Manager</font></div>
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