[theme-reviewers] Number of Free WordPress Themes
Justin Tadlock
justin at justintadlock.com
Wed Dec 14 17:18:50 UTC 2011
Yes, I submit my themes from ThemeHybrid.com to the repository. I still
have a business built around it and am listed in the commercial themes
directory. I just sell support services for my themes. I'm really no
more or less commercial than the other theme businesses. I just have a
different business model that allows me to host on the repository.
On 12/13/2011 6:50 AM, Mario Peshev wrote:
> Most markets have dual license - PHP/WP code is GPL, images/css/html
> on the other hand is copyrighted.
>
> And some themes are not submitted in commercial market due to some
> financial reasons :)
>
> Basically it's up to the developer/theme. Some submit lite version and
> sell premium + support in addition.
>
> Mario Peshev
> Training and Consulting Services @ DevriX
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
> http://devrix.com
> http://peshev.net/blog
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
> Commercial Themes are not listed in the repository, quite simply
> because the developers of those Themes do not submit them, and
> because if someone else did, we would not accept such a submission
> from someone other than the developer. (Themes submitted to the
> repository are expected to be the submitter's own work.)
>
> The commercial Themes listing on WPORG is outside of the area of
> control of the Theme Review Team. We really have nothing to do
> with that listing.
>
> Beyond that, this mail list would not benefit from delving too
> deeply into your other questions regarding free versus commercial
> Themes, or into matters of GPL compliance/derivative works. Themes
> submitted for inclusion in the Theme repository are required to be
> 100% GPL (or compatible). Any commentary beyond that requirement
> is off-topic for this mail list. There are plenty of other venues
> for exploring that rabbit hole. :)
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Noumaan Yaqoob
> <y.noumaan at gmail.com <mailto:y.noumaan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Basically a large number of Premium themes are also GPL. I can not
> understand that if these are GPL licensed themes then why they are
> behind the paywalls on their official websites and not included in
> Wordpress Repositories. What more can be done to get more premium
> themes listed here:
> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/
>
> I looked around and found interesting debates on the topic. It
> seems
> to me that even if a license is not declared or declared anything
> other than GPL, many people believe that themes are a
> derivative work
> and automatically inherit GPL license.
>
> Does that mean that premium themes are not paid themes instead
> they
> are just offering support and other paid services. Is there any
> example that a premium theme author asked someone to stop
> using their
> theme because it is not licensed GPL?
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Mario Peshev
> <mario at peshev.net <mailto:mario at peshev.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Noumaan Yaqoob
> <y.noumaan at gmail.com <mailto:y.noumaan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> @angelo just checked the requirements for theme review and
> it looks so
> >> complicated. These requirements and guidelines do ensure
> quality I
> >> suppose. People who are distributing their themes as
> Premium themes,
> >> how do we know that they have a quality theme that follows
> similar
> >> guidelines as Official Theme Repository?
> >
> >
> > Some of the markets have reviewers as well, recently I
> learned that they
> > also use the Theme-Check plugin too. Others have less strict
> workflow or no
> > review.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> So how people can be encouraged to develop free themes? How
> about
> >> Wordpress starts giving some sort of
> stickers/buttons/banners to the
> >> people who contribute free themes? A sticker that just says
> I am a
> >> WordPress Theme Contributor or something like that?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Some encouragement of this type could probably help, however
> these themes
> > are publicly available (including the search for themes in
> every WP admin)
> > which is good enough if you care about portfolio or something.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Angelo Bertolli
> >> <angelo.bertolli at gmail.com
> <mailto:angelo.bertolli at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> > On 12/12/2011 07:25 AM, Noumaan Yaqoob wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I was looking around for data about the number of Free
> WordPress
> >> >> themes uploaded to WordPress.org's Themes repository.
> >> >>
> >> >> I feel that the number of high quality Free WordPress
> themes is
> >> >> decreasing and someone should do something about
> promoting GNU/GPL
> >> >> licensed wordpress themes. I have nothing against
> Premium themes and I
> >> >> think it is fine if people want to get paid for the
> effort they put
> >> >> in. But I also believe that we should keep the community
> spirit of
> >> >> free software alive.
> >> >>
> >> >> So any ideas on how GNU GPL licensed free WordPress
> themes should be
> >> >> promoted and how we can encourage more people to contribute?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Part of the reason is probably because barrier to entry
> increases over
> >> > time. The time and skill needed to make a WP theme now
> is much
> >> > different than it was for WP 1.5--and I think that makes
> a difference.
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> >
> > Mario Peshev
> > Training and Consulting Services @ DevriX
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
> > http://devrix.com
> > http://peshev.net/blog
> >
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