[theme-reviewers] Github as Theme URI?

[Edward Caissie]

I would ask the author to better qualify the license with a specific
version and also have them note if any later version of the license may or
may not be used.

... and yes, the consensus was a GitHub repository page specifically for
the theme is acceptable for a Theme URI.


Cais.


On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:

> There was a discussion in Feb about using GitHub repo pages for theme
> URIs; consensus was it's fine, summed up by Chip (sorry, can't seem to find
> the online archive):
>
> "I think that's acceptable, provided that the link is a specific
> repository for the Theme itself, rather than the developer's GitHub profile
> itself."
>
> Re: GPL version, I understand a version number must be specified, as there
> are differences between v2 and v3 – someone else can chime in if I'm wrong.
>
> On 23 October 2012 07:29, ethan anwar <ethananwar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> I'm reviewing a theme that uses a github page as the Theme URI in
>> style.css. This is the page: https://github.com/pfefferle/SemPress . It
>> is the theme's github page but I don't know if this meets the guidelines
>> requirements.
>>
>> Also the license is  "GNU General Public License" with no version number
>> included. Is that acceptable?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
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