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

Mon May 27 00:14:51 UTC 2013

i am being redirected to wop.ro when i click the link, does that happen to
you too?

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 5:20 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got an in-ticket response to this issue today. Their up-sell themes,
> which have free versions currently in the theme directory, carry this very
> not gpl-compatible license: http://mythem.es/regular-license
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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