<div dir="ltr">Thanks a Lot.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Simply including a reference URL for bundled/derived code in a Theme is not sufficient. Themes must *explicitly* declare the copyright information and license declaration for bundled/derived code included in the Theme. Users or downstream developers should not have to search elsewhere for this information.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For reference, here is how I include such information in Oenology:</div><div><a href="https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/blob/master/help/license.htm" target="_blank">https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/blob/master/help/license.htm</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>I also recommend retaining the readme documentation for any bundled code. Usually, the original readme docs already contain the required copyright/license information, and by retaining them, the Theme already meets the requirement.</div>
<div><br></div>For questions of license GPL-compatibility, refer to GNU. This list is considered the *official* list of GPL-compatible licenses; any license not listed here will need to be verified as being GPL-compatible by reviewing the actual license terms):<div>
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>(Yes, MIT is GPL-compatible, and is included in this list. :) )</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Chip</div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">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"><div dir="ltr"><div>Chip,</div><div><br></div><div>- License information for the above scrips has not given in the theme - however, Only the relevant URLs have been mentioned in the readme file.</div>
<div><br></div><div><strong>I need also help about,</strong></div>
<div><br></div><div>- Them is released under MIT License - <strong>Is it acceptable?</strong> According to my knowledge, Themes are required to be 100% GPL-licensed, or use a GPL-compatible license</div><div>- LicenseURI is given -
<span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:start;font-style:normal;display:inline!important;font-weight:normal;float:none;line-height:16.78333282470703px;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;font-size:12px;white-space:normal;font-family:sans-serif;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank">http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</a></span>
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</span></div><div><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:start;font-style:normal;display:inline!important;font-weight:normal;float:none;line-height:16.78333282470703px;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;font-size:12px;white-space:normal;font-family:sans-serif;word-spacing:0px">Thanks<br>
</span></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What is the source for the original code? If used in a Theme, the Theme should provide the reference, including original work copyright notice and license declaration.<div>
<br></div><div>Here is HTML5 Boilerplate: <a href="http://html5boilerplate.com/" target="_blank">http://html5boilerplate.com/</a></div>
<div>According to the source docs( <a href="https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate" target="_blank">https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate</a> ), HTML5 Boilerplate is MIT-licensed</div><div><br></div><div>Here is Twitter Bootstrap: <a href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/" target="_blank">http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/</a></div>
<div>According to the landing page and the source docs ( <a href="https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap" target="_blank">https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap</a> ), Twitter Bootstrap is Apache 2.0-licensed.</div><div>(Side note: the Halflings subset of the Glyphicons icon set are also released under Apache 2.0. See here: <a href="https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3942" target="_blank">https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3942</a> )</div>
<div><br></div><div>But most importantly, <b>it is the responsibility of the Theme developer to find and include this information in the Theme.</b> If they've not done so, that is an absolute show-stopper for the review. Ask the developer to re-submit with appropriate copyright/license information. (You're welcome to pass along relevant links, but that's completely at your discretion.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Chip</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,<br clear="all"></div><div>I want to confirm the GPL compatibility of following codes,<br>
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<div><ul><li>HTML5 Boilerplate<br></li><li>Twitter Bootstrap</li></ul><div>Thanks in advance.<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">
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