The submitter has thrown up a new page at that URL with nothing but their <a href="http://wp.org">wp.org</a> profile: <a href="http://thememotive.com/">http://thememotive.com/</a><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 February 2013 11:53, 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>I could get overruled if I'm misinterpreting here, but it is, IMHO, a bridge too far to ask Theme Reviewers to evaluate all advertising on links used as Theme URI/Author URI. So, it depends on the specific advertisement in question.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>There's a difference between selling or promoting non-GPL Themes, and a generic advertising banner. Linking to one's own Themes for sale, or an affiliate link to non-GPL Themes? Sure. That's reasonable to ask the developer to remove.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But a generic banner ad?</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Chandra Maharzan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maharzan@gmail.com" target="_blank">maharzan@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">I guess you have to note to remove that to the author.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div>On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Srini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:srinig112@gmail.com" target="_blank">srinig112@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">Here's a ticket I'm reviewing: <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11123" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11123</a><div>
<br></div><div>The author URI has a themeforest banner ad. As far as I know this is a violation of theme requirements as themeforest distributes themes that are not fully GPL licensed, and I'm not sure how to proceed. Clarification on this appreciated.</div>
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