<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Just one more thing: if PageLines gives the blessing, he's more than welcome to re-submit even in current stage or with some improvements as well.</font></font></font><div>
<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And if the rest of the admins say yes, I won't be the one to hold the Theme either, don't want to be the bad guy here :)</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil<br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Based sure, most definitely, keeping the same no ;) </font></font></font><div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Any Theme in WPORG can be adopted, re-designed, changed and submitted back to WPORG.<br></font></font></font><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:39 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>Guess you should go through the repo and find all those themes that are
“based off of twentyten(eleven/twelve)” now too ... since they are exactly your
description: "<font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">John Doe just cannot download the Theme, do some
improvements, change the name and re-release it.</font></font> <font color="#333333" face="Arial">“</font></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">Emil Uzelac</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:32 PM</div><div><div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] re-releasing an old theme under old
nameornew name?</div></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">GPL might, WPORG doesn't ;)
We should also consider: <a href="http://www.chillingeffects.org/derivative/" target="_blank">http://www.chillingeffects.org/derivative/</a>
as well.</font></font>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Thanks,</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil<br></font></font><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:30 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>Actually, that’s exactly what can happen. GPL allows that.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">Emil Uzelac</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:16 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] re-releasing an old theme under old
name ornew name?</div></div></div>
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<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If
Jane Doe releases a Theme and gets included in WPORG, John Doe just cannot
download the Theme, do some improvements, change the name and re-release
it.</font></font>
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<div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This would
probably be all right if PageLines gives John Doe full blessing.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></font>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks,</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil</font></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Bryce Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brycead@gmail.com" target="_blank">brycead@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>@ Emil, are you saying they shouldn't be able to? I assumed if they
give complete credit and made clear that they're not affiliated with
PageLines it would be ok, as there are many cases where plugins are
improved/fixed and re-released in similar situations. Just curious what
is/isn't okay here :) </div><span><font color="#888888">
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<div>Bryce Adams</div>
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<p style="COLOR:#a0a0a8">On Wednesday, 3 October 2012 at 11:30 AM, Emil
Uzelac wrote:</p>
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<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This is
only if the original author approves it. </font></font>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And no
"you", "we", "or" cannot just "re-release" the Theme, with some
improvements :)</font></font>
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<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#333333"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil<br></font></font><br>
<div>On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>PageLines would retain the name but as you noted, you could
"re-release" it ... but I would strongly recommend you contact PageLines
just in case.<br><br><br clear="all">Cais.<br><br><br>
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<div>On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:07 PM, CONNOR Wayne and Jill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wayne@dubbo.org" target="_blank">wayne@dubbo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word">The iblog theme has not been
updated for 2 years, and the developer (pagelines) now has a 'pro'
version they sell. I've been using the old version and plan on
re'releasing it (under GPL, with credit to original author) with some
improvements on <a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a>.
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<div>Is it best to do it under original name (<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/iblog" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/iblog</a>) and is
this possible, or do I just release it under a new name?</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Wayne</div>
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<div><span style="PADDING-BOTTOM:3px;LINE-HEIGHT:22px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(159,96,0);MARGIN:0px 8px 0px 0px;PADDING-LEFT:10px;PADDING-RIGHT:10px;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;FLOAT:left;COLOR:white;FONT-SIZE:18px;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;PADDING-TOP:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px">!</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.3em;WIDTH:1316px;FONT-FAMILY:sans-serif;FLOAT:left;COLOR:rgb(159,96,0);FONT-SIZE:10px;PADDING-TOP:0px">This
theme <b>hasn't been updated in over 2 years</b>. It may no longer be
maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used
with more recent versions of WordPress.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.3em;WIDTH:1316px;FONT-FAMILY:sans-serif;FLOAT:left;COLOR:rgb(159,96,0);FONT-SIZE:10px;PADDING-TOP:0px"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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