[theme-reviewers] Clarification

[Emil Uzelac]

Chip is right and author doesn't really hide the nature of their Themes
http://i.imgur.com/mL7GT.png it's all about backlinks, sponsorship etc.

Thanks,
Emil

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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