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

[Daniel]

It's also taking me to wop.ro as well. Adding to that, the site is
being blocked here as well.




On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> weird, i am getting wop.ro even after using a proxy.
>
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> 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. 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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