[theme-reviewers] re-releasing an old theme under old nameornew name?

[Emil Uzelac]

Based sure, most definitely, keeping the same no ;)

Any Theme in WPORG can be adopted, re-designed, changed and submitted back
to WPORG.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net
> wrote:

>   Guess you should go through the repo and find all those themes that are
> “based off of twentyten(eleven/twelve)” now too ... since they are exactly
> your description:  "John Doe just cannot download the Theme, do some
> improvements, change the name and re-release it. “
>
>
>
>  *From:* Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:32 PM
> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] re-releasing an old theme under old
> nameornew name?
>
> GPL might, WPORG doesn't ;) We should also consider:
> http://www.chillingeffects.org/derivative/ as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Emil
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>
>>   Actually, that’s exactly what can happen.  GPL allows that.
>>
>>
>>
>>  *From:* Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:16 PM
>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] re-releasing an old theme under old
>> name ornew name?
>>
>>  If Jane Doe releases a Theme and gets included in WPORG, John Doe just
>> cannot download the Theme, do some improvements, change the name and
>> re-release it.
>>
>> This would probably be all right if PageLines gives John Doe full
>> blessing.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Emil
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Bryce Adams <brycead at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @ Emil, are you saying they shouldn't be able to? I assumed if they give
>>> complete credit and made clear that they're not affiliated with PageLines
>>> it would be ok, as there are many cases where plugins are improved/fixed
>>> and re-released in similar situations. Just curious what is/isn't okay here
>>> :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bryce Adams
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 3 October 2012 at 11:30 AM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
>>>
>>>  This is only if the original author approves it.
>>>
>>> And no "you", "we", "or" cannot just "re-release" the Theme, with some
>>> improvements :)
>>>
>>> Emil
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> PageLines would retain the name but as you noted, you could "re-release"
>>> it ... but I would strongly recommend you contact PageLines just in case.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:07 PM, CONNOR Wayne and Jill <wayne at dubbo.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>   The iblog theme has not been updated for 2 years, and the developer
>>> (pagelines) now has a 'pro' version they sell.  I've been using the old
>>> version and plan on re'releasing it (under GPL, with credit to original
>>> author) with some improvements on wordpress.org.
>>>
>>> Is it best to do it under original name (
>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/iblog) and is this possible, or do I
>>> just release it under a new name?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> !This theme *hasn't been updated in over 2 years*. It may no longer be
>>> maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with
>>> more recent versions of WordPress.
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