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

[Doug Stewart]

It will be rejected.

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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-Doug