[theme-reviewers] Up-selling theme - license and rules question

[Chip Bennett]

The license for the commercial does need to be indicated explicitly on the
upsell page. We're still waiting on word of official WPORG policy with
respect to usage restriction based on commercial license expiration, but
from my quick glance, it appears that the license applies to updates and
support, rather than usage.


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net> wrote:

> I guess it's okay then, the three concerns were generally:
>
> 1) If this restricted update thing is okay (as getting updates later,
> although Elegant/Woo and other shops have similar practices)
> 2) Is there the "locking" functionality concern here, somewhat related to
> WordPress core functionality as per
> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
> 3) Is it okay since there's no GPL license explicitly specified on the page
>
>
> Mario Peshev
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> I'm not seeing any issues with the licensing model. What are your
>> concerns?
>>
>> (Note: 1 year of updates/support per site for a commercial license is
>> perfectly compatible with GPL.)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm looking at Custom Community now -
>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15256 - and the new "rules"
>>> include some extension pack from the pro version instead of an extended
>>> theme.
>>>
>>> Additionally, on their site -
>>> http://themekraft.com/store/custom-community-2-premium-pack/ - the
>>> license isn't set explicitly, in addition to the "1 year free updates"
>>> rule, which seems like guidelines violation to me.
>>>
>>> What are the effective guidelines for that?
>>>
>>> Mario Peshev
>>>
>>>
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