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

[Srikanth Koneru]

Great, Thanks Doug & Chip
Was a bit worried.



On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> What Doug said, and to be more specific: only the owner of a Theme should
> ever submit that Theme to be included in the Theme directory, whether that
> Theme is free or commercial. Not only will such a submission be rejected,
> anyone found to be submitting Themes belonging to others runs a very high
> risk of being banned outright.
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
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