[theme-reviewers] How to license images in themes?

[Chip Bennett]

What is mandatory:

1) Explicit declaration of copyright and license for all bundled resources

If the developer holds the copyright for bundled images, and intends to
license them under the same license as the Theme, it is generally
sufficient in the readme to indicate that, using a statement such as "all
Theme images are copyright [year] [name], and are distributed and licensed
as part of the [Theme name] Theme" (for example).

For other images for which the developer does not hold the copyright, you
should use a similar copyright/license statement as used for the Theme,
such as, "XYZ images are copyright [year] [author], and are distributed
under the terms of the [license] license", with a link to the license
terms, and a link to the original source.

Here's how I do it in Oenology:
https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/blob/master/help/license.htm


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:24 AM, Nicolas GUILLAUME <nguillaume at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi,
> I understand that all ressources in a theme have to be GPL compatible.
> I am intending to use personal pictures and/or pictures from a
> photographer in my theme.
>
> I have checked around some of the WP directory themes using images and
> found different practices in the readme file :
> 1)  nothing mentioned  at all about images
> 2) link to a forum where image author grants full freedom for the use of
> the image (wihtout mentioning the GPL license)
> 3) theme author saying that all theme images are its personal creation and
> are free for personal and commercial use
>
> So my question is* : what is mandatory about theme image license in the
> readme.txt in the following cases*  ?
> 1) Personal pictures from theme author
> 2) Images not created by theme author
>
> Thanks!
>
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