[theme-reviewers] Author website advertises themeforest

[Kirk Wight]

The submitter has thrown up a new page at that URL with nothing but their
wp.org profile: http://thememotive.com/

On 13 February 2013 11:53, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I could get overruled if I'm misinterpreting here, but it is, IMHO, a
> bridge too far to ask Theme Reviewers to evaluate all advertising on links
> used as Theme URI/Author URI. So, it depends on the specific advertisement
> in question.
>
> There's a difference between selling or promoting non-GPL Themes, and a
> generic advertising banner. Linking to one's own Themes for sale, or an
> affiliate link to non-GPL Themes? Sure. That's reasonable to ask the
> developer to remove.
>
> But a generic banner ad?
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I guess you have to note to remove that to the author.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Srini <srinig112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a ticket I'm reviewing:
>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11123
>>>
>>> The author URI has a themeforest banner ad. As far as I know this is a
>>> violation of theme requirements as themeforest distributes themes that are
>>> not fully GPL licensed, and I'm not sure how to proceed. Clarification on
>>> this appreciated.
>>>
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