[theme-reviewers] Author URI guidelines
Paul Appleyard
paul at spacecat.com
Wed Aug 7 09:12:41 UTC 2013
You could always flog off one of your very popular themes ;)
Paul Appleyard
On 7/08/2013 5:59 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
>
> Where would be the end?
>
> On Aug 7, 2013 2:39 AM, "Paul Appleyard" <paul at spacecat.com
> <mailto:paul at spacecat.com>> wrote:
>
> .. 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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