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

[Abhik Biswas]

I am being redirected too.


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the ticket http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12368 . They
> left the links in the last comment work.
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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