[theme-reviewers] Need Help

[Qamar Ashraf]

Thanks a Lot.


On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Simply including a reference URL for bundled/derived code in a Theme is
> not sufficient. Themes must *explicitly* declare the copyright information
> and license declaration for bundled/derived code included in the Theme.
> Users or downstream developers should not have to search elsewhere for this
> information.
>
> For reference, here is how I include such information in Oenology:
> https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/blob/master/help/license.htm
>
> I also recommend retaining the readme documentation for any bundled code.
> Usually, the original readme docs already contain the required
> copyright/license information, and by retaining them, the Theme already
> meets the requirement.
>
> For questions of license GPL-compatibility, refer to GNU. This list is
> considered the *official* list of GPL-compatible licenses; any license not
> listed here will need to be verified as being GPL-compatible by reviewing
> the actual license terms):
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
>
> (Yes, MIT is GPL-compatible, and is included in this list. :) )
>
> Regards,
> Chip
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Qamar Ashraf <life.object at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Chip,
>>
>> - License information for the above scrips has not given in the theme -
>> however, Only the relevant URLs have been mentioned in the readme file.
>>
>> *I need also help about,*
>>
>> - Them is released under MIT License - *Is it acceptable?* According to
>> my knowledge, Themes are required to be 100% GPL-licensed, or use a
>> GPL-compatible license
>> - LicenseURI is given -  http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> What is the source for the original code? If used in a Theme, the Theme
>>> should provide the reference, including original work copyright notice and
>>> license declaration.
>>>
>>> Here is HTML5 Boilerplate: http://html5boilerplate.com/
>>> According to the source docs( https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate ),
>>> HTML5 Boilerplate is MIT-licensed
>>>
>>> Here is Twitter Bootstrap: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/
>>> According to the landing page and the source docs (
>>> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap ), Twitter Bootstrap is Apache
>>> 2.0-licensed.
>>> (Side note: the Halflings subset of the Glyphicons icon set are also
>>> released under Apache 2.0. See here:
>>> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3942 )
>>>
>>> But most importantly, *it is the responsibility of the Theme developer
>>> to find and include this information in the Theme.* If they've not done
>>> so, that is an absolute show-stopper for the review. Ask the developer to
>>> re-submit with appropriate copyright/license information. (You're welcome
>>> to pass along relevant links, but that's completely at your discretion.)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chip
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Qamar Ashraf <life.object at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I want to confirm the GPL compatibility of following codes,
>>>>
>>>>    - HTML5 Boilerplate
>>>>    - Twitter Bootstrap
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards
>>>> Qamar Ashraf
>>>> Project Manager
>>>> www.tutorialchip.com
>>>> www.freestockphotosclub.com
>>>> www.twunfollowapp.com
>>>> @lifeobject1
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Qamar Ashraf
>> Project Manager
>> www.tutorialchip.com
>> www.freestockphotosclub.com
>> www.twunfollowapp.com
>> @lifeobject1
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Regards
Qamar Ashraf
Project Manager
www.tutorialchip.com
www.freestockphotosclub.com
www.twunfollowapp.com
@lifeobject1
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