[theme-reviewers] Author website advertises themeforest

[Chip Bennett]

+1. The Guidelines are intended to be as objective as possible, but are not
intended to emulate the Code of Federal Regulations by providing detail on
every possible scenario or question. This principle certainly applies to
acceptable content for Theme URI/Author URI.


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Srini <srinig112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We shall make sure themes hosted in the directory, and any extended
>> versions of it must be fully GPL licensed, and beyond that not look too
>> much into other themes or links in the author website that's unrelated to
>> the WP theme directory
>
>
> That reads like a good handle on the ideals ... and obviously anything
> that is questionable can, well, be questioned *shrug*
>
> I have absolutely no intent to start writing specific guidelines on what
> Theme Authors are allowed to use as advertising on their sites (at least
> beyond the minimal bits we already have in the current guidelines).
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Srini <srinig112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > So what's the official position?
>>
>> Well, that's kinda up to you guys. I'm not laying down the rules here,
>> just giving my own opinion. The theme review team decides what the
>> guidelines are.
>>
>> I just don't want to overly discourage authors by saying they must go
>> all-in all at once. You can catch more flies with honey than with
>> vinegar, etc.
>>
>> -Otto
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