[theme-reviewers] Submitting themes based on existing themes, about child themes

[Srikanth Koneru]

Regarding #5
Can someone buy a commercial theme with GPL license from a themeshop and
submit it here?
Will it be considered a clone of existing theme and rejected as such?


On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 1-5) Child Themes must use a currently approved (i.e. currently listed in
> the official Theme directory) Theme as a template, and must demonstrate
> significant design/functionality distinction from the Parent Theme.
>
> 6) Proper copyright/license attribution for a Child Theme would be, e.g.,
> as follows:
>
> Fred WordPress Theme, copyright 2013 Fred Rogers
> Fred is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.0
>
> Fred WordPress Theme is a derivative of Twenty Twelve, copyright 2012 The
> WordPress Team
> Twenty Twelve is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
>
>
> The critical elements: Theme name, copyright, distribution terms;
> derivative work declaration, original work copyright, original work
> distribution terms.
>
> 7) All Themes in the directory are GPL-compatible, so yes
>
> B1) Yes, Child Themes are accepted in the Theme directory now
>
> B2) See answer to 1-5, above
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM, kurachababy kurachababy <
> kurachababy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have some questions about submitting the themes to the WP theme
>> directory. I see some themes are based on other themes, for example Twenty
>> Eleven.
>>
>> ### A) So my questions for themes and frameworks are:
>>
>> 1. Since all theme submitted are GPL, can I create a new design based on
>> any existing themes?
>>
>> 2. Are there any different rules for starter themes, framework, or
>> standalone parent theme that can be based on?
>>
>> 3. Does it matter if the theme is by Automattic or other authors?
>>
>> 4. What about commercial frameworks that are GPL like Genesis,
>> WooFramework? Are they treated same like any other free GPL frameworks?
>>
>> 5. What about commercial themes that are GPL?
>>
>> 6. If I can indeed create theme based on another framework or theme, how
>> do I enter the attribution info for the original author in the style.css
>> header? Do I just need to mention it in the description? Because I see the
>> Author and Author URI wont' fit here, correct? Or do I have to add credits
>> in the readme.txt file?
>>
>> 7. About the WP-Admin backend, I see some authors add donation buttons,
>> banner advertisements, and other link information. Is it okay to change
>> them?
>>
>>
>> ### B) I saw a child theme for the first time in the WP theme directory
>> yesterday, as I know child themes weren't allowed in the past. So my
>> questions are:
>>
>> 1. Are child themes allowed now?
>>
>> 2. If it's allowed, do they have to be based on certain themes or it's
>> okay to be based on any themes in the directory?
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> John Lee
>>
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