The latter. Including kill code is just about the greatest anathema to free software philosophy of all of the dirty tactics used in shady Themes.<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Okay, was this person denied inclusion into the repo and still has it in
there? Or are you just wanting to not give them a chance to fix it
and just nip it in the bud completely?</div>
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<div>- Phil</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="chip@chipbennett.net" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">Chip Bennett</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:39 PM</div><div><div class="h5">
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Clarification</div></div></div></div></div>
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that would be obfuscated code.
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<div>Kill code usually does just that: it invokes die( 'some message about the
Theme not working because the footer was modified' ).</div>
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<div>Obfuscated code is one thing, and bad enough on its own rights. But kill
code actually prevents the Theme from working, based on some hash or string
comparison, to ensure that the footer links (or the entire footer) isn't
modified.</div>
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<div>Chip<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Daniel Fenn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com" target="_blank">danielx386@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">When you say kill code, you mean putting the code in
base64?<br>
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<div><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Chip
Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>>
wrote:<br>> In this case, it is because the submitter is distributing
Themes with spammy<br>> (not merely "sponsored") links, distributes those
Themes under a<br>> non-GPL-compatible license, and includes kill-code in
the Theme to prevent<br>> modification.<br>><br>><br>> On Sat, Sep
22, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)<br>> <<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>>
wrote:<br>>><br>>> Is banning from submitting to theme-trac for
people not complying or is it<br>>> for people who are being intolerably
difficult?<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> From: Chip
Bennett<br>>> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:07 AM<br>>> To:
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>>>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Clarification<br>>><br>>> Let me go
a step farther: Otto, please ban "Smthemes" from submitting to<br>>>
Theme-Trac. We want absolutely nothing to do with developers who put
this<br>>> garbage in their Themes:<br>>><br>>><br>>>
<?php /*<br>>> All links in the tag <div class='smthemes'> are
attribution of the theme<br>>> developers and should remain
intact.<br>>> It's protected by Creative Commons License<br>>> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>).<br>>>
Warning! Your site will not be able to work if these links are edited
or<br>>> deleted.<br>>> You can buy this theme without footer
links online at<br>>> <a href="http://smthemes.com/buy/animepress/" target="_blank">http://smthemes.com/buy/animepress/</a><br>>> */
?><br>>> <div class='smthemes'>Designed by <a<br>>>
href='<a href="http://smthemes.com/category/food/" target="_blank">http://smthemes.com/category/food/</a>' target='_blank'>Free
WordPress<br>>> food themes</a>, thanks to: <a href='<a href="http://wpdis.co/" target="_blank">http://wpdis.co/</a>'
target='_blank'>Free<br>>> WordPress magazine themes</a>, <a
href='<a href="http://lizardthemes.com" target="_blank">http://lizardthemes.com</a>'<br>>>
target='_blank'>LizardThemes.com</a> and <a href='<a href="http://fthe.me" target="_blank">http://fthe.me</a>'<br>>>
target='_blank'>FThe.me</a></div><br>>><br>>><br>>>
Thanks,<br>>><br>>> Chip<br>>><br>>> On Sat, Sep 22,
2012 at 5:51 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>><br>>>
wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> I'm guessing you're referring to this
ticket?<br>>>> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9299" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9299</a><br>>>><br>>>>
I've run into this site before. Here's what I said then:<br>>>> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7420" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7420</a><br>>>><br>
>>><br>>>>
"For future reference, indicated Author URI/Theme URI site
distributes<br>>>> Themes under a non-GPL-compatible license (i.e.
link-removal purchase<br>>>> license). Themes from such sites will
not be accepted for hosting in the<br>>>>
repository."<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> It appears that
this statement is still accurate:<br>>>> <a href="http://smthemes.com/terms-of-services/" target="_blank">http://smthemes.com/terms-of-services/</a><br>>>> and
also:<br>>>> <a href="http://smthemes.com/" target="_blank">http://smthemes.com/</a><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>
Welcome to SMThemes.com. We offer a wide variety of free
WordPress<br>>>> themes. You can download and use all our templates
for free, or purchase<br>>>> free links version of
template<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> The site still
mentions paid link-removal, and themes are
CC-licensed.<br>>>><br>>>> The sponsored-Themes prohibition
is a WPORG repository policy. There's<br>>>> nothing inherently
contra GPL to put paid links in a Theme. What *is* contra<br>>>> GPL
is to require a paid license for the end-user to remove those links,
and<br>>>> to distribute that Theme under
CC-By.<br>>>><br>>>> So yes: this ticket, and any other
ticket submitted for a Theme<br>>>> affiliated with this site, should
be not-approved.<br>>>><br>>>>
Thanks,<br>>>><br>>>> Chip<br>>>><br>>>>
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Vicky Arulsingam<br>>>> <<a href="mailto:vicky.arulsingam@gmail.com" target="_blank">vicky.arulsingam@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> The author url of the theme I'm
reviewing contains this page:<br>>>>> <a href="http://smthemes.com/links/" target="_blank">http://smthemes.com/links/</a><br>>>>> This isn't
acceptable for the repository?<br>>>>><br>>>>> The
theme itself doesn't contain any sponsored
links<br>>>>><br>>>>> -----<br>>>>> Vicky
Arulsingam<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>
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