[theme-reviewers] need your opinion

[Kirk Wight]

Perfect!

On 16 August 2012 12:10, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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