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

Tue May 28 00:45:29 UTC 2013

I got a feeling that they may be redirecting base on IP address or
something, still doing it for me.

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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