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.. if you were paid :)<br>
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Paul Appleyard<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/08/2013 1:54 AM, Chip Bennett
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<div dir="ltr">Automattic = above our pay grade.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM,
devcorn <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wp@devcorn.com" target="_blank">wp@devcorn.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">I don't agree, how you will justify <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled"
target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled</a> from
Automattic
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<div>and sitegroud is well known company and they have
pretty good themes.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:19
PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">No. A hosting company is not a
Theme shop.
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<div>A Theme shop is a company for which the
sole/primary purpose is to develop and
distribute Themes.</div>
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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jose
Castaneda <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">so by that a hosting
company would also be considered an
extension/exception. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue,
Aug 6, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Chip
Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Is a Theme Shop
not a logical
extension/exception to the
"personal site" requirement
for Author URI?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at
11:40 AM, Jose
Castaneda <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">and
neither is a
theme-shop....</div>
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class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 8:30
AM, Chip
Bennett <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">A
Realtor site
is, by
definition,
not a
"personal"
site.</div>
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class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 11:24
AM, Jose
Castaneda <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">It
is a
'personal'
site.</div>
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class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 8:12
AM, Chip
Bennett <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>"That
person took
time from
their schedule
to create
something to
share with a
community."
<div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
<div>What
*person*? How
is a Realtor
site a
"person"?
That's the
issue.</div>
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class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 10:54
AM, Jose
Castaneda <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Sorry
but I don't
fully see how
it is a
'sponsored by'
link. That
person took
time from
their schedule
to create
something to
share with a
community. It
would be like
a photographer
using his
portfolio
since that is
what the theme
author does.
The guideline
states:
personal
website or
project/development
site.</div>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 7:44
AM, Chip
Bennett <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">No,
a realtor site
wouldn't be
valid as
Author URI.
That would
essentially be
a "sponsored
by" or spam
link. (It
shouldn't take
a great deal
of imagination
to understand
how that has,
can, and would
be exploited
if the rule
were
otherwise.)
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>AuthorURI
is intended to
link to the
*person* who
developed/distributed
the Theme.
Theme shops
are perfectly
fine, because
Theme shops
develop and
distribute
Themes. A
realtor site
does not.</div>
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class="gmail_extra">
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 10:14
AM, Jose
Castaneda <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">So
a realtor site
wouldn't be if
the author is
a realtor?
Sorry the line
does seems to
be a little
odd at times.
Like @mario
says it is a
bit of a
subjective
decision.</div>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 7:12
AM, Srikanth
Koneru <span
dir="ltr"><<a
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<div dir="ltr">Theme
shops,
personal
websites and
project
websites are
allowed as
author url and
everything
else isn't.<br>
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On Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 7:38
PM, Jose
Castaneda <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">I
have to ask as
well since
I've seen
other themes
use themeshops
for their
author credit
links as
well. </div>
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<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 6:44
AM, Mario
Peshev <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mario@peshev.net" target="_blank">mario@peshev.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Chip,
could I
personally ask
for some
clarifications
on the
guidelines
page - either
in make/themes
or in the
Codex under
Theme Review
or wherever,
like <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:"
target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:</a> or <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/"
target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/</a> ?
<div>
<br>
I tend to
disagree so
often with
most
subjective
decisions that
I'd really
love to
actually have
them better
defined than
what is
already in
there,
especially
with the
contradictions
with some of
the existing
themes in the
repository.<br>
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class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div
class="gmail_extra">Best
regards,<br
clear="all">
<div><br>
Mario Peshev</div>
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class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 6,
2013 at 4:39
PM, Chip
Bennett <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net"
target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Correct.</div>
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<div>On Tue,
Aug 6, 2013 at
9:31 AM, Ola
Łączek <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ola@bodera.com" target="_blank">ola@bodera.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello!
<div><br>
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<div>
I've got a
theme that
uses this
address: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.siteground.com/" target="_blank">http://www.siteground.com/</a> as
author URI and
for credit
link in
footer.</div>
<div>In
guidelines it
says that "<i>For
AuthorURI,
emphasis is on
the personal
nature of the
site</i>".</div>
<div>So I
think this
link is not
acceptable, am
I right?</div>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
Best regards,<br>
Ola Łączek<br>
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