[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27104: Twenty Fourteen: Add Proper Copyright/License Attribution in style.css

[WordPress Trac]

#27104: Twenty Fourteen: Add Proper Copyright/License Attribution in style.css
-------------------------------+------------------------------
 Reporter:  philiparthurmoore  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |     Focuses:  docs
-------------------------------+------------------------------

Comment (by jenmylo):

 Technically, _s is not a parent theme, and themes built using it as a
 starting point are not child themes (I have heard that so many times I say
 it in my sleep).

 I think this opens a bigger debate about crediting earlier work, forking,
 and putting private company attributions into WordPress.org files (the
 overlap of personnel is not lost on me). Did we credit Theme Foundry when
 Drew designed a default theme? Did we credit Ian's Kirby when Ian was
 asked to contribute it to core? I would argue that in this case, a
 decision was made to contribute the use of _s to core/the project because
 that's what the folks working on the theme wanted to work on, and did it
 knowing how contributing to the default theme works (i.e., you get credit
 as a contributor, but if you reuse code you made before, your company
 doesn't get credit for that).

 Default themes are special, and a little bit different (IMO) than
 privately created themes that we host in the directory.

--
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27104#comment:6>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform