<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><br></div><div>Hello i am new at trt how do i get access to trac to review a theme?</div><div>My username in wp.org is Kowen</div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div>Salutations.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Enviado desde Samsung tablet</div></div> <br><br><br>-------- Mensaje original --------<br>De: theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org <br>Fecha: 31/01/2014 17:42 (GMT-03:00) <br>A: theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org <br>Asunto: theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 157 <br> <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ticket re-assigned. Sorry for the wait :)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Web-Dorado <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@web-dorado.com" target="_blank">info@web-dorado.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"><p style="margin:0px 0px 11px;padding:0px"><font color="#333333" face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:22px">Dea</span></font>r theme reviewers team</p>
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We have submitted the Theme Expert for reviewing (Ticket #15507 <a href="https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15507" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(76,166,207);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(223,223,223)" target="_blank">https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15507</a> ) 8 weeks ago. The theme is owned by basantakumar. There is no response from him. We have tried to post comments asking whether the theme is still being reviewed, but still no answer.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 11px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px">Please advise what should we do in this case.</p><div><div>Best regards</div>
<div>Web-Dorado team</div></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.<div><br></div><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><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Spencer Piontkowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spencer@piontkowski.me" target="_blank">spencer@piontkowski.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">But that contradicts this page: <a href="http://wordpress.org/about/license/" target="_blank">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."<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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From: "Otto" <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme License<br>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin<br>
<<a href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com" target="_blank">kovshenin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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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>
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You are incorrect and yes, a theme can be MIT licensed. Compatible is<br>
compatible and it's fine.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Spencer Piontkowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spencer@piontkowski.me" target="_blank">spencer@piontkowski.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">But that contradicts this page: <a href="http://wordpress.org/about/license/" target="_blank">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."<div><div class="h5"></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The MIT license is "freer" than the GPL license. There is no contradiction here.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The GPL license prevents others from taking away freedoms. It does not actually prevent them from giving you more.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Everything GPL-Compatible is allowed in the WordPress.org systems.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-Otto</div><div class="gmail_extra">
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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 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>