[theme-reviewers] Author URI - a ThemeForest-like marketplace

Galin Simeonov galin at galinsimeonov.com
Wed Feb 29 19:35:39 UTC 2012


Thanks you all for your input,

Yes, there is a hard-coded author meta in the header and a credit link with
SEO anchor text so the goal is pretty clear.
But I'll still make a full review and outline the problems.
Unless you advise me otherwise, of course :) .

PS: Thanks, Mario :) .


On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I think I tend to be less-lenient about such things than most. I would say
> that, unless the author is actually the *owner* of the URL, then it should
> be prohibited outright. I can't even find this Theme on the linked site.
>
> In my opinion, this is nothing more than a link-bait attempt.
>
> Chip
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Galin Simeonov <galin at galinsimeonov.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm reviewing http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6507
>> The Author URI is http://wpmarket.net/. Judging by the "Personal" and
>> "Extended" licenses that are offered (there is no other license text to be
>> found on the site), the themes sold there are not GPL-compatible.
>>
>> Is this a ground for immediate rejection?
>>
>> PS: The theme has a good number of additional issues, so it won't be
>> approved anyway - if that matters.
>>
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