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

Mon May 27 00:48:59 UTC 2013

weird, i am getting wop.ro even after using a proxy.

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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