[theme-reviewers] need your opinion

[Chandra Maharzan]

Perhaps, you can add this in the REQUIRED points in the review
guidelines. This guy was always arguing about this was not REQUIRED
and that was not required whenever I was trying to explain for a
better code quality/features that wp.org hosts.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> Yes, that's an important distinction, and clarifies why what this Theme was
> doing is not acceptable.
>
> Normally, an "upsell" Theme will promote a *separate*, commercial version of
> a Theme, that includes the code for additional functionality. What this
> Theme is doing is putting the functionality in the free version, and then
> *crippling* that functionality by requiring an "activation key".
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>> > The Theme has to be fully functional out-of-the-box (i.e. it can't be
>> > "crippleware"). The Theme cannot put core WordPress functionality behind
>> > a
>> > paywall.
>> >
>> > A Theme can put *additional* options behind a paywall. For example, a
>> > Theme
>> > can't put all dynamic sidebars behind the paywall, but a Theme can have
>> > one
>> > or more dynamic sidebars in the free version, and then add *additional*
>> > dynamic sidebars in the commercial version.
>>
>> A theme in our directory cannot put *any functionality that is
>> contained entirely within the theme* behind a paywall.
>>
>> If somebody wants to sell code, then they should sell that code
>> separately and elsewhere.
>>
>> The themes on WordPress.org are free. If somebody is putting in
>> payment gateways in them to just "turn on" some piece of that theme,
>> then no, that is absolutely not allowed.
>>
>> If it's in our repo, then it must be free and non-crippled. If you
>> want to sell it, then it shouldn't be in our repo.
>>
>> -Otto
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