[theme-reviewers] Adding commercial theme link in theme options?

[Kirk Wight]

Theme Forest is not 100% GPL. Maybe there's a GPL-licensed theme in there
somewhere, but the marketplace itself thrives on not being GPL. See here:
http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/395/70/themeforest-license-usage-examples


On 8 November 2012 14:54, Bilal Ahmad <bilalahmad24 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mercime/Edward Caissie
>
> In my original post, I did not mean to put Themeforest or any other
> marketplace link as an Author or theme URL. I just asked if I can put a URL
> to marketplace in the Theme Options page.
> Regarding Themeforest license, They have GPL license. As far I remember,
> Themeforest also require you to put the GNU license.txt file in the theme
> directory.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Links to a (third-party) website selling themes must adhere to the
>> GPL-compatible rules of WordPress.org ... as in the items on the site must
>> be GPL-compatible.
>>
>> Also, as noted, the "free" version of the theme cannot be considered
>> "cripple-ware"
>>
>> I would also add an option to hide the link/block, but that is not a
>> strict requirement ... just a nice-to-do idea.
>>
>> Ultimately the theme will have to be reviewed and the OP ideas/links will
>> be fully considered at that time. There may not be specific guidelines
>> dictating how this should be reviewed (and I do not want to see yet another
>> added for this specific type of link if one does not exist); basically this
>> boils down to common sense approach on case-by-case scenarios.
>>
>> Writing from a generic point of view, this idea does not strike me as
>> being against the current guidelines.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @Merci I am not 100% sure about this, theoretically it should be good
>>> however I don't really know if this was already decided as no.
>>>
>>> @Chip and/or @Cais can you confirm please.
>>>
>>> Emil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Merci Javier <mercijavier at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> @Doug OP mentioned "But, instead of Paypal can I include a link to my
>>>> other (different) theme with URL to third party marketplace website?"
>>>>
>>>> @Emil
>>>>
>>>> Themeforest themes => not all themes have been changed to GPL and I
>>>> recall someone writing in mailing list that Author URL != Themeforest
>>>> Author's URL, not approved.
>>>>
>>>>  Please clarify now.as I'm sure there would be many theme authors
>>>> willing to upload a theme to WP theme repo to get exposure for the themes
>>>> at Themeforest.
>>>>
>>>> Mercime
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bilal Ahmad <bilalahmad24 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Emil: I meant, theme has the GPL license but it is not free.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:20 AM, <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> He says paid gpl theme :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
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