[theme-reviewers] Author website advertises themeforest

[Edward Caissie]

I would consider a note in the ticket comments regarding the URI ... as it
looks right now (as @Kirk linked to), it appears to be a "temporary fix"
and may require a second look with future submissions of the theme.

Edward Caissie
aka Cais.


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Srini <srinig112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks. It was a banner ad prominently displayed in the middle of the
> page, so I brought up this issue. Now that the author has removed the ad
> it's no more an issue as far as this theme is concerned.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> ...which is fine for this specific case, but I'm more interested in what
>> precedent we set for other reviews.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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