[theme-reviewers] need your opinion

[Chandra Maharzan]

Thank you Otto for clarifying on the ticket. This guy can't stop
discussing. I love your last comment. :)

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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