<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Morgan Kay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morgan@wpalchemists.com" target="_blank">morgan@wpalchemists.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm currently reviewing a theme that uses ProPanel from Code Canyon to create a theme options page:<br>
<a href="http://codecanyon.net/item/propanel-wordpress-theme-options-panel/866565" target="_blank">http://codecanyon.net/item/<u></u>propanel-wordpress-theme-<u></u>options-panel/866565</a><br>
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>From what I can tell on the license page for this plugin, it appears to be okay to use this in a theme that is distributed for free:<br>
<a href="http://codecanyon.net/licenses/regular" target="_blank">http://codecanyon.net/<u></u>licenses/regular<br></a><br></blockquote><div><br></div>No, not even close. We require GPL-Compatible licenses on WordPress.org. Neither that nor the "extended" license qualify.<div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The things you need to look for when evaluating a license for GPL Compatibility (note, "free" doesn't necessarily mean "cost" here):<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">- Free to use the code for any purpose (meaning "non-commercial" is not compatible)</div><div class="gmail_extra">- Free to modify the code</div><div class="gmail_extra">- Free to redistribute the code, modified or not</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">- No additional restrictions</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If it satisfies those, then it might be acceptable. Most custom licenses miss one or two of those.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div></div></div><div> </div></div><br></div></div>