[theme-reviewers] bundled images licenses

[Chip Bennett]

Well, if you've said that "bundled images are too GPL licensed", then
you've explicitly stated the license. :)

Just be sure that the "unless stated otherwise" is accompanied by actually
stating otherwise, where applicable.


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:

> Chip,
> That's my theme Paul is reviewing. I need a little more help here.
>
> Since those social icons are downloaded directly from their official
> sites, do I really have to mention the license? Or just a note about that
> will be suffice?
> I am thinking something like this in the *readme.txt*.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>     License:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> The Theme, WPBoxes, is licensed under GPLv3.
>
> The Social Media icons, bundled images are too GPL licensed and owned by
> the respective sites, unless stated otherwise.
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Please share your thoughts
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> You should require the user to state the license explicitly. The links to
>> the source information are good, and should be retained. But the license
>> terms for any and all bundled resources need to be included in the Theme
>> itself, so that end users and downstream developers don't have to go
>> searching for license information.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Paul de Wouters <pauldewouters at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I'm reviewing a theme which has a number of bundled social media icons
>>> and another one that I traced back here
>>> http://rocketdock.com/addon/icons/2724
>>>
>>> I asked the author to provide links to the original sources of the icons
>>> and he did
>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/10557/resources.txt
>>>
>>> but nowhere is the license stated. What do other reviewers do in this
>>> case?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
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