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

Mon May 27 20:28:32 UTC 2013

Try from this link:

http://mythem.es/regular-license/

This is the linked on the pages of their site for the up-sell themes.

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:

> 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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