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<DIV><SPAN id=0f8e29a849f24fdcb0d169ed2d04d4c8>I apologize. I have only been on the mailing list for a few weeks and reviewing themes about as long. This was the first time I've seen a thread dealing with licenses. But, I Googled "site:lists.wordpress.org license" to search the mailing list archive and found 1520 emails on the subject, so I guess it's been hashed many times over the last few years.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>I noticed that all the threads I read end with something like "themes in WPORG repository must be GPL-compatible." The message is clear, so that's what I'll go by. I just wanted to make sure I'm marching to the beat of the same drum as everyone else when reviewing themes. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>From: "Chip Bennett" <<A href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <<A href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: 1/31/2014 9:42:35 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme License</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>We're not going to re-hash this. Been there, done that; don't have time for it again.
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<DIV>The Guidelines on Licensing state that Themes must be licensed under a GPL-compatible license, including all resources bundled with the Theme. The Guidelines conform to WordPress.org policy.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Spencer Piontkowski <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:spencer@piontkowski.me">spencer@piontkowski.me</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">But that contradicts this page: <A href="http://wordpress.org/about/license/">http://wordpress.org/about/<U></U>license/</A>, which states:<BR>"There is some legal grey area regarding what is considered a derivative work, but we feel strongly that plugins and themes are derivative work and thus inherit the GPL license."
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<DIV class=h5><BR><BR>------ Original Message ------<BR>From: "Otto" <<A href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</A>><BR>To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <<A href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.<U></U>wordpress.org</A>><BR>Sent: 1/31/2014 4:33:43 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme License<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin<BR><<A href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com">kovshenin@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> Which is strange though, because a WordPress theme (and a plugin) is<BR> derivative work of WordPress and has to inherit the GPL license. So I<BR> guess a theme can't be MIT licensed :)<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You are incorrect and yes, a theme can be MIT licensed. Compatible is<BR>compatible and it's fine.<BR><BR>-Otto<BR>______________________________<U></U>_________________<BR>theme-reviewers mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.<U></U>wordpress.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers">http://lists.wordpress.org/<U></U>mailman/listinfo/theme-<U></U>reviewers</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>______________________________<U></U>_________________<BR>theme-reviewers mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.<U></U>wordpress.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers">http://lists.wordpress.org/<U></U>mailman/listinfo/theme-<U></U>reviewers</A><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>