[theme-reviewers] Clarification on non-GPL themes on Author/ThemeURI

[Josh Pollock]

Done.


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Add a comment to the ticket, and change the resolution to "not-approved".
>
> I'll take care of the Themes already in Extend.
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I closed all of their themes in the queue. What about approved themes?
>>
>> For instance this one:
>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7877
>> It was just approved yesterday so it is probably not live yet.
>>
>> They have 9 themes in the repository, all of which I just rejected an
>> update to, except the one who's ticket I mentioned above. This is there
>> profile:
>> http://profiles.wordpress.org/mythemes/
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Feel free to close them all. Just reference/link the comment in the
>>> first ticket, so any potential subsequent reviewers can follow the issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I never got a response to my query about whether or not this person's
>>>> up-sell themes are GPL compatible. They have 10 or so other themes in the
>>>> queue. Should anything be done about this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OK. I will ask the developer via a in ticket comment to clarify and
>>>>> see what happens. If it appears to be an issue I will report back.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It does change things, but only technically. In order to have a Theme
>>>>>> hosted in the directory, a developer must release *all* Themes under a
>>>>>> GPL-compatible license. Therefore, all commercial Themes, whether an
>>>>>> up-sell version of the directory-hosted Theme, or a separate Theme
>>>>>> entirely, must be GPL-compatible. Thus, the developer must still list the
>>>>>> license for all Themes, free and/or commercial.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To clarify, the theme I am reviewing only has a free, GPL2 licensed,
>>>>>>> version. The up-sell theme I linked to, I got to by following a link int he
>>>>>>> menu of the developers theme. I do not know if that changes things as far
>>>>>>> as this theme goes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just checked and the theme I just linked to is in the queue.
>>>>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12076
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Edward Caissie <
>>>>>>> edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would read that as more the "paid" version is more robust or not
>>>>>>>> "a simplified" version, but it still does not explicitly address the
>>>>>>>> potential for the "paid" version to be licensed in some other manner than
>>>>>>>> GPL-compatible (there was no obvious disclosure that I could find).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ask the author for clarification and take them at their word ...
>>>>>>>> the paid versions should also be GPL-compatible and if they are not then
>>>>>>>> the "free" version should be addressed appropriately.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Edward Caissie
>>>>>>>> aka Cais.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A theme I am reviewing has several themes for sale on the page
>>>>>>>>> linked via author/theme URI, as well as the credit links in the footer and
>>>>>>>>> theme options, that seem to not be GPL licensed. For example:
>>>>>>>>> http://mythem.es/my-way
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The full version fo the theme is for sale on this page and their
>>>>>>>>> is a link to a free version of this theme. The free version link is
>>>>>>>>> prefaced with this text "You can download free version of this
>>>>>>>>> item with GPL 2 license<http://test.mythem.es/beta/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/license.zip>.
>>>>>>>>> This package is a simplified version." This implies that the paid
>>>>>>>>> version is not GPL, but I can't be sure. If they are selling nonGPL themes
>>>>>>>>> on this page is that an issue, and if so how should I confirm they really
>>>>>>>>> are non GPL?
>>>>>>>>>
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