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

[Mario Peshev]

Cool, thanks Chip, sounds like we're good to go "approved" then :)


Mario Peshev


On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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