There is nothing inherently wrong with selling Themes via a marketplace (or via any other means). <div><br></div><div>The thing with ThemeForest is: I sat through the WordCamp KC keynote address by Jeffrey Way, who very explicitly stated that all WordPress Themes sold through ThemeForest are GPL - but by my reading of the actual license terms on the site, I sure can't tell. Last time I checked, it looked like WordPress Themes had basically the same license terms/options as anything else on the site.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:25 AM, 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">
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 class="HOEnZb"><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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