[theme-reviewers] GPL

[Bryan Hadaway]

No, I don't fork or borrow code from other themes in any capacity (even if
that's "okay" it's not okay with me or good quality-wise), I code
everything myself from scratch as much as possible, and enlist help or use
3rd party tools for special features when needed.

Either way, I need to put more thought into this and since I'm already
using GPL and that's fine I might just leave it alone.

Thanks for all the input.


Bryan Phillip Hadaway


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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:

> Please don't get me wrong. Public domain is 100% compatible with the GPL
> and with everything else in this world.
> All I'm saying is that forked code can not be relicensed; so if your code
> forked from another code which is licensed under GPL then your code must
> also be licensed under GPL.
> This is applied especially to WordPress-specific functions which are
> derivative of the WordPress core code.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:15 PM, Bryan Hadaway wrote:
>
> Okay, so...
>
> Otto: Says yes to Public Domain
> Daniel: Says no to Public Domain
>
> I don't want to open another can of worms so I'll just give up on the idea
> and stick with GPL for WP-based projects, since that of course we know is
> accepted.
>
>
> Bryan Phillip Hadaway
>
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> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com>wrote:
>
>> Not exactly. Since the PHP functions you are using is derivative from
>> WordPress itself and also because most themes fork at least portions of
>> code from other themes, the license under which this code must be licensed
>> is GPL.
>> Parts of your theme like HTML code, scripts, stylesheets or even PHP code
>> that has not been forked can be licensed under any compatible license
>> including open source, but the code that is derivative must be licensed
>> under the same license as its legacy product.
>> I studied this because at one point I also thought about releasing my
>> themes under more liberal licenses but realized this causes conflicts with
>> legacy code.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bryan Hadaway wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. Do you know of any other themes/plugins that have done this?
>> Any downsides (in your opinion)? I use Public Domain for everything I do
>> except WP, because it's way easier and friendlier than the GPL, you can't
>> get friendlier than Public Domain, but I'd always assumed you had to use
>> GPL, mandatory, only reason I ever used it.
>>
>> But, if you just need to be GPL-compatible there are probably hundreds of
>> things you could do, including writing your own license so long as it stays
>> GPL-compatible. To me Public Domain is beautiful, simply put it's "Here you
>> go, I made this, do what you want with it. THE END" - It seems like the
>> purest form of sharing there is.
>>
>> I guess my concern is this, why aren't more people doing it? Why is
>> everyone so stressed over the GPL if they can just release their work with
>> no license. Are they just not aware or is there a side to this I'm missing?
>>
>> Thanks, Bryan
>>
>>
>> Bryan Phillip Hadaway
>>
>> Web & Graphic Designer
>> calmestghost.com
>> bhadaway at gmail.com
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I had a GPL question I personally never saw discussed before if anyone
>>> knows
>>> > the answer. Is declaring Public Domain or No License (meaning there
>>> are no
>>> > restrictions whatsoever) compatible with GPL?
>>>
>>> Yes. With any version. You may consider this answer as definitive on
>>> the subject.
>>>
>>> -Otto
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