<div dir="ltr">1-5) Child Themes must use a currently approved (i.e. currently listed in the official Theme directory) Theme as a template, and must demonstrate significant design/functionality distinction from the Parent Theme.<div>
<br></div><div style>6) Proper copyright/license attribution for a Child Theme would be, e.g., as follows:</div><div style><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style>Fred WordPress Theme, copyright 2013 Fred Rogers</div>
<div style>Fred is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.0</div><div style><br></div><div style>Fred WordPress Theme is a derivative of Twenty Twelve, copyright 2012 The WordPress Team</div><div style>Twenty Twelve is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL</div>
</blockquote><div style><br></div><div style>The critical elements: Theme name, copyright, distribution terms; derivative work declaration, original work copyright, original work distribution terms.</div><div style><br></div>
<div style>7) All Themes in the directory are GPL-compatible, so yes</div><div style><br></div><div style>B1) Yes, Child Themes are accepted in the Theme directory now</div><div style><br></div><div style>B2) See answer to 1-5, above</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM, kurachababy kurachababy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kurachababy@gmail.com" target="_blank">kurachababy@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 style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi, I have some questions about submitting the themes to the WP theme directory. I see some themes are based on other themes, for example Twenty Eleven. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">### A) So my questions for themes and frameworks are:<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. Since all theme submitted are GPL, can I create a new design based on any existing themes? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. Are there any different rules for starter themes, framework, or standalone parent theme that can be based on? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3. Does it matter if the theme is by Automattic or other authors?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
4. What about commercial frameworks that are GPL like Genesis, WooFramework? Are they treated same like any other free GPL frameworks?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
5. What about commercial themes that are GPL? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">6. If I can indeed create theme based on another framework or theme, how do I enter the attribution info for the original author in the style.css header? Do I just need to mention it in the description? Because I see the Author and Author URI wont' fit here, correct? Or do I have to add credits in the readme.txt file?</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">7. About the WP-Admin backend, I see some authors add donation buttons, banner advertisements, and other link information. Is it okay to change them?</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">### B) I saw a child theme for the first time in the WP theme directory yesterday, as I know child themes weren't allowed in the past. So my questions are:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. Are child themes allowed now? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. If it's allowed, do they have to be based on certain themes or it's okay to be based on any themes in the directory?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you!</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best regards,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">John Lee</div></div>
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