[theme-reviewers] Author URI guidelines
Paul Appleyard
paul at spacecat.com
Wed Aug 7 07:39:07 UTC 2013
.. if you were paid :)
Paul Appleyard
On 7/08/2013 1:54 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> Automattic = above our pay grade.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com
> <mailto:wp at devcorn.com>> wrote:
>
> I don't agree, how you will justify
> http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled from Automattic
>
> and sitegroud is well known company and they have pretty good themes.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
> No. A hosting company is not a Theme shop.
>
> A Theme shop is a company for which the sole/primary purpose
> is to develop and distribute Themes.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jose Castaneda
> <jomcastaneda at gmail.com <mailto:jomcastaneda at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> so by that a hosting company would also be considered an
> extension/exception.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Chip Bennett
> <chip at chipbennett.net <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
> Is a Theme Shop not a logical extension/exception to
> the "personal site" requirement for Author URI?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Jose Castaneda
> <jomcastaneda at gmail.com
> <mailto:jomcastaneda at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> and neither is a theme-shop....
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Chip Bennett
> <chip at chipbennett.net
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
> A Realtor site is, by definition, not a
> "personal" site.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Jose
> Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com
> <mailto:jomcastaneda at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> It is a 'personal' site.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Chip
> Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
> "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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Correct.
>
>
> On Tue,
> Aug 6,
> 2013 at
> 9:31 AM,
> Ola
> ?a;czek
> <ola at bodera.com
> <mailto: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
> ?a;czek
>
>
>
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