<div dir="ltr">The Theme readme would be fine, but I would recommend having that information on your Theme URI site somewhere (i.e. the Theme URI page has a link to the Up-Sell page, that indicates license of the commercial version, and lists differences between free and commercial versions.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Greg Priday <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg@siteorigin.com" target="_blank">greg@siteorigin.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">Thanks for the clarification Chip and Cais. I have removed the premium upgrade from this particular theme. I'd rather wait until I get the free version perfect before adding a premium upgrade.<div>
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<div>Chip, where would the best place for me to mention the license of my premium versions? Would a line in the readme be enough? My premium versions are under the same GPL license as the free version.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I'll also clarify those 2 features when I do add the premium version.</div><div><br></div><div>1) The premium version automatically removes the credit link, while the free version would require a manual edit of footer.php</div>
<div><br></div><div>2) This was to say that the premium version gets automatic updates (a lot of premium themes don't integrate auto updates) and that purchasing the upgrade will help support continued development. My free/premium versions are largely the same code. So both are updated.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:50 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">Up-sell Themes must explicitly state the license of both the free and commercial versions.<div><br></div>
<div>Up-sell Themes must clearly state the differences between free and commercial versions.</div><div>
<br></div><div>With regard to features locked behind the paywall: none can be a core feature (custom header, custom background, etc.). Themes can *expand* core features (e.g. more dynamic sidebars, etc.), but the core feature implementation must not be completely behind the paywall.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here are two "features" in the commercial version that I have a problem with, and would want to have clarified:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word">'heading' => __('Remove Attribution Links', 'portal'),</pre></div><div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word">'content' => __('Portal premium gives you the option to easily remove the "Powered by WordPress, Theme by SiteOrigin" text from your footer. ', 'portal'),</pre>
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<br></div><div>and:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word">'heading' => __("Continued Updates", 'portal'),</pre>
</div><div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word">'content' => __("You'll get continued updates, ensuring that your site keeps on working with the latest version of WordPress for years to come.", 'portal'),</pre>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In the first: there's nothing wrong with making a Theme option to remove the footer credit link; but the wording must be sure not to imply that the footer credit link can *only* be removed via the commercial version. In the second: this implies that the free version is not intended to be maintained/updated. If that is the case, then the free version is not suitable for the Theme directory.</div>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:49 AM, esmi at quirm dot net <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net" target="_blank">esmi@quirm.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><<a href="https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12187" target="_blank">https://themes.trac.<u></u>wordpress.org/ticket/12187</a>><br>
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Quite a few features in this theme are locked unless you upgrade to the premium version. Nothing that's a showstopper but, based upon:<br>
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"Up-sell Themes may be subjected to more rigorous or additional Theme-Review requirements, at the discretion of the Theme Review Team "<br>
<<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Up-Sell_Themes" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/<u></u>Theme_Review#Up-Sell_Themes</a>><br>
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What should I be looking for/at?<br>
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