<div dir="ltr">+1. The Guidelines are intended to be as objective as possible, but are not intended to emulate the Code of Federal Regulations by providing detail on every possible scenario or question. This principle certainly applies to acceptable content for Theme URI/Author URI.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:06 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Srini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:srinig112@gmail.com" target="_blank">srinig112@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
We
shall make sure themes hosted in the directory, and any extended
versions of it must be fully GPL licensed, and beyond that not look too
much into other themes or links in the author website that's unrelated
to the WP theme directory</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>That reads like a good handle on the ideals ... and obviously anything that is questionable can, well, be questioned *shrug*<br><br></div><div>I have absolutely no intent to start writing specific guidelines on what Theme Authors are allowed to use as advertising on their sites (at least beyond the minimal bits we already have in the current guidelines).<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Srini <<a href="mailto:srinig112@gmail.com" target="_blank">srinig112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> So what's the official position?<br>
<br>
</div>Well, that's kinda up to you guys. I'm not laying down the rules here,<br>
just giving my own opinion. The theme review team decides what the<br>
guidelines are.<br>
<br>
I just don't want to overly discourage authors by saying they must go<br>
all-in all at once. You can catch more flies with honey than with<br>
vinegar, etc.<br>
<div><div><br>
-Otto<br>
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