<div dir="ltr">ThemeForest's current Envato license is 100% GPL-compatible. PHP is licensed under GPL, and non-PHP components are proprietary.<div><br></div><div style>It's not a matter of license compatibility, but of WPORG policy that anything promoted by WPORG must be 100%-GPL (or, better stated, must 100% preserve free software principles). Someone who sells Themes using Envato's license may be fully compliant with the GPL license requirements, but is not conforming to WPORG policy with respect to 100% of code being free-software-principles free. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Thus far, that has meant that Theme URI/Author URI cannot be used to "sell or promote" ThemeForest Themes. I think that standard is consistent with WPORG policy (and consistent with, for example, selection criteria for WordCamp speakers). I *personally* think that it is too far, and agree completely with Otto (*looks for falling sky*). But in this regard, it is not personal opinion that we must enforce, but rather WPORG policy.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Daniel Tara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:contact@onedesigns.com" target="_blank">contact@onedesigns.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I'm a bit confused. So is Themeforest's generic license incompatible with the GPL or are there certain authors that still sell 100% GPL-compatible themes? I'm asking because from Chip's explanation below that's what I understand.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>Daniel</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><div>On Feb 13, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><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="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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