<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">OK, so, on Justin Tadlock's site, he links to ThemeForest a few times, e.g. here: </span><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2013/09/11/the-themeforest-experiment-one-year-later" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://justintadlock.com/archives/2013/09/11/the-themeforest-experiment-one-year-later</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Therefore, all his themes and plugins should be removed from the repository? </span><br>
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:24:21 +0200<br>
From: Ulrich Pogson <<a href="mailto:grapplerulrich@gmail.com">grapplerulrich@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Why should they review the themes if they do not get anything out of it?<br>
On 9 Oct 2013 11:22, "Charlie Livingston" <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to choose<br>
> their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme authors<br>
> who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:55:42 +0530<br>
From: Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."<br>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes<br>
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So you don't want to do any work and want all benefits?<br>
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Ulrich Pogson <<a href="mailto:grapplerulrich@gmail.com">grapplerulrich@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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> Why should they review the themes if they do not get anything out of it?<br>
> On 9 Oct 2013 11:22, "Charlie Livingston" <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to<br>
>> choose their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme<br>
>> authors who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> Charlie<br>
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:34:03 +1100<br>
From: Daniel <<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com">danielx386@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."<br>
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I disagree with that.<br>
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On 10/9/13, Charlie Livingston <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to choose<br>
> their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme authors<br>
> who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Charlie<br>
><br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:40:47 +0100<br>
From: Charlie Livingston <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
Subject: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL themes<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on your<br>
theme author site to any non-GPL themes (<br>
<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731</a>). Is this correct? Are there<br>
are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the theme<br>
requirements and I can't find anything relevant.<br>
<br>
The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest<br>
anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this is<br>
so, it seems a little harsh, no?<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 04:44:01 -0500<br>
From: <a href="mailto:wordpress@thinkupthemes.com">wordpress@thinkupthemes.com</a><br>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."<br>
<<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>>, Charlie Livingston<br>
<<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL<br>
themes<br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20131009044401.15699zuv2l74peg1@gator4026.hostgator.com">20131009044401.15699zuv2l74peg1@gator4026.hostgator.com</a>><br>
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I don't think it's harsh at all. We should respect GPL not just to the<br>
letter of the license, but also the message. ThemeForest has exploited<br>
GPL, and therefore any links to them or another company promoting<br>
non-GPL WordPress Themes or other products should not be allowed.<br>
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Quoting Charlie Livingston <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on your<br>
> theme author site to any non-GPL themes (<br>
> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731</a>). Is this correct? Are there<br>
> are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the theme<br>
> requirements and I can't find anything relevant.<br>
><br>
> The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest<br>
> anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this is<br>
> so, it seems a little harsh, no?<br>
><br>
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Message: 6<br>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:15:11 +0530<br>
From: Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."<br>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL<br>
themes<br>
Message-ID:<br>
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It is correct yes, It has been that way for years.<br>
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Livingston<br>
<<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on your<br>
> theme author site to any non-GPL themes (<br>
> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731</a>). Is this correct? Are<br>
> there are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the<br>
> theme requirements and I can't find anything relevant.<br>
><br>
> The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest<br>
> anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this is<br>
> so, it seems a little harsh, no?<br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
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Message: 7<br>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:54:53 +0200<br>
From: Design 311 <<a href="mailto:hello@design311.com">hello@design311.com</a>><br>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."<br>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes<br>
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*From:* Daniel<br>
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:34AM<br>
*To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.<br>
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*Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes<br>
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> I disagree with that.<br>
><br>
> On 10/9/13, Charlie Livingston <<a href="mailto:kingbluebeard@gmail.com">kingbluebeard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to choose<br>
>> their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme authors<br>
>> who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> Charlie<br>
>><br>
><br>
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