[theme-reviewers] Clarification

[Chip Bennett]

Let me go a step farther: *Otto, please ban "Smthemes" from submitting to
Theme-Trac.* We want absolutely nothing to do with developers who put this
garbage in their Themes:

<?php /*
All links in the tag <div class='smthemes'> are attribution of the theme
developers and should remain intact.
It's protected by Creative Commons License (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Warning! Your site will not be able to work if these links are edited or
deleted.
You can buy this theme without footer links online at
http://smthemes.com/buy/animepress/
*/ ?>
<div class='smthemes'>Designed by <a href='
http://smthemes.com/category/food/' target='_blank'>Free WordPress food
themes</a>, thanks to: <a href='http://wpdis.co/' target='_blank'>Free
WordPress magazine themes</a>, <a href='http://lizardthemes.com'
target='_blank'>LizardThemes.com</a> and <a href='http://fthe.me'
target='_blank'>FThe.me</a></div>


Thanks,

Chip

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I'm guessing you're referring to this ticket?
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9299
>
> I've run into this site before. Here's what I said then:
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7420
>
> "For future reference, indicated Author URI/Theme URI site distributes
> Themes under a non-GPL-compatible license (i.e. link-removal purchase
> license). Themes from such sites will not be accepted for hosting in the
> repository."
>
>
> It appears that this statement is still accurate:
> http://smthemes.com/terms-of-services/
> and also:
> http://smthemes.com/
>
> Welcome to SMThemes.com. We offer a wide variety of free WordPress themes.
> You can download and use all our templates for free, or purchase free links
> version of template
>
>
> The site still mentions paid link-removal, and themes are CC-licensed.
>
> The sponsored-Themes prohibition is a WPORG repository policy. There's
> nothing inherently contra GPL to put paid links in a Theme. What *is*
> contra GPL is to require a paid license for the end-user to remove those
> links, and to distribute that Theme under CC-By.
>
> So yes: this ticket, and any other ticket submitted for a Theme affiliated
> with this site, should be not-approved.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip
>
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Vicky Arulsingam <
> vicky.arulsingam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The author url of the theme I'm reviewing contains this page:
>> http://smthemes.com/links/
>> This isn't acceptable for the repository?
>>
>> The theme itself doesn't contain any sponsored links
>>
>> -----
>> Vicky Arulsingam
>>
>>
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