[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 42, Issue 41

Thu Nov 14 12:45:51 UTC 2013

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Swagata Das <swagatoatwork at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Yes, MIT is compatible with GPL. I'm sorry, somehow I missed that part.
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Expat
>
> KR,
> Swagata
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>
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>>    1. Re: License Issue (Sudeep Acharya)
>>    2. Re: License Issue (Emil Uzelac) (Swagata Das)
>>    3. Re: License Issue (Justin Tadlock)
>>    4. Re: License Issue (Emil Uzelac) (Otto)
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>> From: Sudeep Acharya <sudeep611 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <
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>> Cc:
>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:43:21 +0545
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License Issue
>> and how about creative commons. and Unknown License.
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>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>> > MIT is GPL-Compatible
>> >
>> > On Nov 14, 2013 1:54 AM, "Sudeep Acharya" <sudeep611 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am new to theme review and currently on theme I am reviewing is
>> >> using fonts by mentioning "Persian Fonts - Unknown License". Can he do
>> >> this.
>> >>
>> >> and also "MIT" license is compatible or not.
>> >>
>> >> and how about creativecommons license. Is it compatible?
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>> From: Swagata Das <swagatoatwork at gmail.com>
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>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:06 +0530
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License Issue (Emil Uzelac)
>> Hello,
>>
>> Welcome to the club [?]. All themes are required to be 100% GPL licensed
>> or GPL compatible. This license must includes all the files .php, .html,
>> fonts, .css whatever file is used for the theme. Even those commercial
>> themes also need to be licensed under GPL or GPL compatible. MIT and all
>> other license must not  be approved. You can check all this here
>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
>> .
>>
>> Keep it up_____
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Swagata Das
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>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:39:24 +0545
>>> From: Sudeep Acharya <sudeep611 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
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>>> I am new to theme review and currently on theme I am reviewing is
>>> using fonts by mentioning "Persian Fonts - Unknown License". Can he do
>>> this.
>>>
>>> and also "MIT" license is compatible or not.
>>>
>>> and how about creativecommons license. Is it compatible?
>>>
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:57:17 -0600
>>> From: Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me>
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>>> MIT is GPL-Compatible
>>> On Nov 14, 2013 1:54 AM, "Sudeep Acharya" <sudeep611 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I am new to theme review and currently on theme I am reviewing is
>>> > using fonts by mentioning "Persian Fonts - Unknown License". Can he do
>>> > this.
>>> >
>>> > and also "MIT" license is compatible or not.
>>> >
>>> > and how about creativecommons license. Is it compatible?
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com>
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> Cc:
>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:23:22 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License Issue
>> Which Creative Commons license?  I believe CC0 is the only one that's
>> compatible.  An unknown license won't work here.
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/2013 1:58 AM, Sudeep Acharya wrote:
>>
>>> and how about creative commons. and Unknown License.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> MIT is GPL-Compatible
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 14, 2013 1:54 AM, "Sudeep Acharya" <sudeep611 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am new to theme review and currently on theme I am reviewing is
>>>>> using fonts by mentioning "Persian Fonts - Unknown License". Can he do
>>>>> this.
>>>>>
>>>>> and also "MIT" license is compatible or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> and how about creativecommons license. Is it compatible?
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>> From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <
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>> Cc:
>> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:31:51 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License Issue (Emil Uzelac)
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Swagata Das <swagatoatwork at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Welcome to the club [?]. All themes are required to be 100% GPL licensed
>>> or GPL compatible. This license must includes all the files .php, .html,
>>> fonts, .css whatever file is used for the theme. Even those commercial
>>> themes also need to be licensed under GPL or GPL compatible. MIT and all
>>> other license must not  be approved. You can check all this here
>>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
>>> .
>>>
>>
>> The "MIT license" is compatible with the GPL and perfectly acceptable for
>> themes in the directory.
>>
>> Licenses must be evaluated on a case by case basis. If you're not sure,
>> post the relevant information here, and we'll look it up for you.
>>
>> -Otto
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