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

[Josh Pollock]

Works for me at: http://mythem.es/regular-license


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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