[theme-reviewers] Flash objects in themes

[Chip Bennett]

To be fair, I can see an argument to be made for an *audio* Flash player,
which (I assume) merely renders embedded/oEmbed audio files.

Chip

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Edward Caissie
<edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Bah ... I think I need another coffee ... some very good points and
> questions, Chip. Which again asks the question why would "Automattic" think
> this is necessary for the Theme?
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> Plugins that bundle binary blobs are required to include the
>> human-editable version of the file as well. I don't see why Themes would be
>> any different.
>>
>> The lack of a license is not merely a red-flag, but a show-stopper. Just
>> as we require explicit license declaration for font files, so would we also
>> require explicit license declaration for other binaries, such as SWF files.
>> (Personally, I think we're a bit lax on this point WRT bundled image/icon
>> files, too.)
>>
>> Note that the Guidelines *do* discuss licensing, at length - but, I can
>> certainly clarify on this point if necessary.
>>
>> But, all that said, my underlying question is: why does a Theme need to
>> bundle a flash audio player to begin with? Would a flash audio player be
>> rightly considered as Plugin Territory?
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Michael Fields <michael at mfields.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kirk,
>>>
>>> > Just a SWF, no FLA.
>>>
>>> This sounds like a red flag to me.
>>>
>>> It cannot be open source without the source file :)
>>>
>>> IMHO the presence of the FLA should be required in a GPL compatible
>>> theme.
>>>
>>> > There is no reference to any restrictions, nor a license.
>>>
>>>
>>> This sounds red flag-ish as well. But maybe not ...
>>>
>>> If no explicit license is present, I believe that the component (SWF)
>>> should inherit the license of the package as declared in style.css or
>>> license.txt in the theme folder.
>>>
>>> I have only limited experience with flash but, from what I remember
>>> seeing, license information in flash components is sometimes included
>>> directly in the source (FLA) file.
>>>
>>> Without being able to see the source, it is impossible to know whether
>>> the component's licensing conflicts with the GPLv2.
>>>
>>> These are just my opinions on the matter. I'm no expert when it comes to
>>> licensing, but I do my best to approach situations with common sense. logic
>>> and a love for open source. This is a very good topic for discussion and
>>> maybe something that should be added to the theme guidelines once a
>>> consensus is reached.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> - Mike
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