[theme-reviewers] Author URI guidelines

[Chip Bennett]

"That person took time from their schedule to create something to share
with a community."

What *person*? How is a Realtor site a "person"? That's the issue.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry but I don't fully see how it is a 'sponsored by' link. That person
> took time from their schedule to create something to share with a
> community. It would be like a photographer using his portfolio since that
> is what the theme author does. The guideline states: personal website or
> project/development site.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> No, a realtor site wouldn't be valid as Author URI. That would
>> essentially be a "sponsored by" or spam link. (It shouldn't take a great
>> deal of imagination to understand how that has, can, and would be exploited
>> if the rule were otherwise.)
>>
>> AuthorURI is intended to link to the *person* who developed/distributed
>> the Theme. Theme shops are perfectly fine, because Theme shops develop and
>> distribute Themes. A realtor site does not.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> So a realtor site wouldn't be if the author is a realtor? Sorry the line
>>> does seems to be a little odd at times. Like @mario says it is a bit of a
>>> subjective decision.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Theme shops, personal websites and project websites are allowed as
>>>> author url and everything else isn't.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have to ask as well since I've seen other themes use themeshops for
>>>>> their author credit links as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Chip, could I personally ask for some clarifications on the
>>>>>> guidelines page - either in make/themes or in the Codex under Theme Review
>>>>>> or wherever, like
>>>>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:
>>>>>>  or
>>>>>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
>>>>>>  ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tend to disagree so often with most subjective decisions that I'd
>>>>>> really love to actually have them better defined than what is already in
>>>>>> there, especially with the contradictions with some of the existing themes
>>>>>> in the repository.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mario Peshev
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Correct.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ola Łączek <ola at bodera.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've got a theme that uses this address: http://www.siteground.com/ as
>>>>>>>> author URI and for credit link in footer.
>>>>>>>> In guidelines it says that "*For AuthorURI, emphasis is on the
>>>>>>>> personal nature of the site*".
>>>>>>>> So I think this link is not acceptable, am I right?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> Ola Łączek
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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