[theme-reviewers] Clarification

[Chip Bennett]

In this case, it is because the submitter is distributing Themes with
spammy (not merely "sponsored") links, distributes those Themes under a
non-GPL-compatible license, and includes kill-code in the Theme to prevent
modification.

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net
> wrote:

>   Is banning from submitting to theme-trac for people not complying or is
> it for people who are being intolerably difficult?
>
>
>
>  *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:07 AM
> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Clarification
>
> 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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>>
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