[theme-reviewers] Are GPLv2 fonts allowed in GPLv3 licensed theme?

Emil Uzelac emil at uzelac.me
Wed Nov 6 02:49:09 UTC 2013


Great icons :-)
On Nov 5, 2013 8:48 PM, "Christine Rondeau" <christine at bluelimemedia.com>
wrote:

> Additionally they are used on twenty thirteen and I've used them on mine
> too.
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, Justin Tadlock wrote:
>
>> Genericons are licensed under the GPL 2+.  Specifically, they are
>> licensed under the GPL v2 but you can modify and/or redistribute them under
>> a later version of the license.
>>
>> On 11/5/2013 5:41 PM, Afzaal wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm reviewing a theme, and a bundled font (genericons) but the license
>>> says it's GPLv2. Not sure if there's a conflict between using this in a
>>> GPLv3 licensed theme. Does anyone have any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Should I ask the theme author to change the theme license to GPLv2?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Afzaal
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>
>
>
> --
> Christine Rondeau
> Bluelime Media
> www.bluelimemedia.com
> twitter: @bluelimemedia
> skype: bluelimemedia
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> theme-reviewers mailing list
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20131105/dd34d8a6/attachment.html>


More information about the theme-reviewers mailing list