[theme-reviewers] Pagelines Themes: Theme URI

[Edward Caissie]

While I am looking at the "free" version and comapring it to the "pro"
everyone did scroll to the bottom of the Theme URI page and find a link to a
free version and the reference "its also hosted at WordPress.org", correct?


Cais

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> It's not that the pro versions are not GPL-compatible; rather, it is that
> the Theme Repository is being used to push users to the pro versions.
>
> Pagelines (apparently) makes no mention of the availability of free
> versions of the Themes - and also pushes the pro versions in at least THREE
> other places within the backend of the free versions.
>
> While it is of course acceptable to suggest users of a free version of a
> product to check out the pro version - and I fully support such practice -
> what the Pagelines Themes are doing clearly exceeds the line of propriety. I
> don't think the free Themes are crippleware; but they are certainly
> advertise/upsell-ware.
>
> Take a look at one of the Themes yourself, and see if you think I am
> exaggerating. I very well could be.
>
> But, at the very least, Theme URI does need to point to an accurate,
> appropriate, and relevant site. Linking to the "pro" version of a free Theme
> does not meet this criterion.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Are not *all* of the Pagelines themes (free and pro) released under a GPL
>> compatible license? Paid != incompatible.
>>
>> As far as I recall they are; and, having the Theme URI pointing to it
>> would not be an issue as I understand it.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, credit zeo<https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1259#comment:5>
>>> .
>>>
>>> (And ALL of Pagelines' submitted Themes are identical.)
>>>
>>> But it is a good reminder: always check the less-obvious things like
>>> Theme/Author URIs, licenses for bundled components (I just found one today
>>> that was bundled with a font that did not have a GPL-compliant license), and
>>> the like.
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>> i just looked at eco : http://www.pagelines.com/themes/ecopro lands at
>>>> a
>>>> buy now/demo page
>>>>
>>>> well spotted chip!
>>>>
>>>> On 10/06/10 18:10, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>>> > All of the Themes submitted by Pagelines have a "free" and a "pro"
>>>> > version. The "free" version is submitted to the Repository, but the
>>>> > Theme URI for every single one points to the "pro" version of the
>>>> > Theme. I just checked the Pagelines website. There are no indications
>>>> on
>>>> > the site that the "free" Theme versions even exist - at least that I
>>>> > could find at first blush.
>>>> >
>>>> > I believe this is unacceptable, and should be addressed.
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm going to close as not-accepted the oldest such Theme in the review
>>>> > queue, and that will be one of the primary comments.
>>>> >
>>>> > Chip
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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