It's been brought to my attention recently that I am not being very clear in my communications ...<br><br>As @Frumph noted, the theme is licensed as GPL-compatible (not exactly sure what version or license to be honest, but it does reside in the repository so it is).<br>
As the theme is GPL-compatible and the OP stated their intentions were to improve and re-submit with proper attribution to the original theme author, I see the OP as keeping to some of the more important aspects of the "GPL" and that being the case actually encourage them to continue forward.<br>
<br>I recommended contacting PageLines (as this is a specific theme being addressed and they are the author) just in case they want to be involved in this "reboot" of the iBlog theme. Again, the specifics from the OP, but this applies to any theme in the repository ... and as such I would make the same recommendation to contact (or at least take reasonable steps to contact) the original author. This can accomplish many things, such as: bringing forward code that has not been submitted by the original author, a "blessing" by the original author (or at least an acknowledgment); etc.<br>
<br>Of course, there are existing guidelines the "new" theme author should be specifically aware of, as @Emil pointed out with the derivative works guidelines; but otherwise, as I noted before, I encourage the "new" theme author to dive in, make some improvements, bring the theme to current standards and best practices as they apply and submit it with the proper attribution to the original work / author ... and hopefully it does not need to be added all other current guidelines should be followed as well (*grin*)<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Bryan Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yeah, I see this done all the time with plugins. A plugin author stops updating it and someone else updates it and re-releases it appending with <i>Extended</i> or <i>Ultimate</i> on the end of the original name. I've never seen this done without attribution to the original plugin and developer. Though not necessary under GPL, the decent and helpful thing to do.<br clear="all">
<br><br>Bryan Phillip Hadaway<br>
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