<div dir="ltr">This mail list is not the appropriate place to debate that question. The Theme Review Team is tasked with implementing <a href="http://wordpress.org">wordpress.org</a> policy regarding Theme licensing. The Guidelines reflect current <a href="http://wordpress.org">wordpress.org</a> policy.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Jasper Kips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasper@planetkips.nl" target="_blank">jasper@planetkips.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Uhm, no. A theme, or a plugin, is not a derivative work. It doesn't change WordPress code. It uses WordPress. A subtle, but important difference.<br>
<br>Jasper<br>Verzonden van mijn HTC<div class="im HOEnZb"><br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>Van: "Konstantin Kovshenin" <<a href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com" target="_blank">kovshenin@gmail.com</a>><br>
Aan: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>><br>Onderwerp: [theme-reviewers] Theme License<br>
Datum: vr, jan. 31, 2014 12:00<br><br><br>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>
<br></div><div class="im HOEnZb">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Konstantin Kovshenin<br><<a href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com" target="_blank">kovshenin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> You're right, obviously: "Themes are required to be 100% GPL-licensed,<br>
> or use a GPL-compatible license. This includes all PHP, HTML, CSS,<br>> images, fonts, icons, and everything else. All of the theme must be<br>> GPL-Compatible."<br>><br>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Mattia Migliorini <<a href="mailto:deshack@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">deshack@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im HOEnZb">>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin <<a href="mailto:kovshenin@gmail.com" target="_blank">kovshenin@gmail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> No. Themes in the WordPress.org directory have to be GPL-licensed.<br>
>><br>>><br>>> Well, themes in the WP.org directory have to be GPL-compatible:<br>>> "Themes are required to be licensed fully under a GPL-compatible license."<br>>><br>>> So MIT license is ok.<br>
>><br>>> --<br>>> Mattia Migliorini<br>>><br>>> Web Designer<br>>> Website: <a href="http://www.deshack.net" target="_blank">www.deshack.net</a><br>>> OpenPGP key: AA3B90BC<br>>> Fingerprint: 5F30 BEB3 224E A831 1DCE F554 7E64 2AFF AA3B 90BC<br>
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