Theme Forest is not 100% GPL. Maybe there's a GPL-licensed theme in there somewhere, but the marketplace itself thrives on not being GPL. See here: <a href="http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/395/70/themeforest-license-usage-examples">http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/395/70/themeforest-license-usage-examples</a><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 November 2012 14:54, Bilal Ahmad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bilalahmad24@gmail.com" target="_blank">bilalahmad24@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Mercime/Edward Caissie<br><br>In my original post, I did not mean to put Themeforest or any other marketplace link as an Author or theme URL. I just asked if I can put a URL to marketplace in the Theme Options page.<br>Regarding Themeforest license, They have GPL license. As far I remember, Themeforest also require you to put the GNU license.txt file in the theme directory.<div>
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<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Links to a (third-party) website selling themes must adhere to the GPL-compatible rules of WordPress.org ... as in the items on the site must be GPL-compatible.<br><br>Also, as noted, the "free" version of the theme cannot be considered "cripple-ware"<br>
<br>I would also add an option to hide the link/block, but that is not a strict requirement ... just a nice-to-do idea.<br><br>Ultimately the theme will have to be reviewed and the OP ideas/links will be fully considered at that time. There may not be specific guidelines dictating how this should be reviewed (and I do not want to see yet another added for this specific type of link if one does not exist); basically this boils down to common sense approach on case-by-case scenarios.<br>
<br>Writing from a generic point of view, this idea does not strike me as being against the current guidelines.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">Cais.<div><div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:04 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">@Merci I am not 100% sure about this, theoretically it should be good</font></font></font><div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">however I don't really know if this was already decided as no. </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">@Chip and/or @Cais can you confirm please.</font></font></font></div>
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<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 </font></font></font></div></font></span><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Merci Javier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com" target="_blank">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
@Doug OP mentioned "But, instead of Paypal can I include a link to my other (different) theme with URL to third party marketplace website?"<br><br>@Emil<br><br>Themeforest themes => not all themes have been changed to GPL and I recall someone writing in mailing list that Author URL != Themeforest Author's URL, not approved.<br>
<br> Please clarify <a href="http://now.as" target="_blank">now.as</a> I'm sure there would be many theme authors willing to upload a theme to WP theme repo to get exposure for the themes at Themeforest.<br><br>Mercime<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bilal Ahmad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bilalahmad24@gmail.com" target="_blank">bilalahmad24@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Emil: I meant, theme has the GPL license but it is not free.<div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:20 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">He says paid gpl theme :)<br>
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