[theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL themes (Charlie Livingston)

Wed Oct 9 10:04:22 UTC 2013

OK, so, on Justin Tadlock's site, he links to ThemeForest a few times, e.g.
here:
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2013/09/11/the-themeforest-experiment-one-year-later
Therefore,
all his themes and plugins should be removed from the repository?

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:55 AM, <
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> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:24:21 +0200
> From: Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>
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> Why should they review the themes if they do not get anything out of it?
> On 9 Oct 2013 11:22, "Charlie Livingston" <kingbluebeard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to
> choose
> > their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme
> authors
> > who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.
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> > Thanks,
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> So you don't want to do any work and want all benefits?
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> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com
> >wrote:
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> > Why should they review the themes if they do not get anything out of it?
> > On 9 Oct 2013 11:22, "Charlie Livingston" <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>  May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to
> >> choose their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the
> theme
> >> authors who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many
> themes.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Charlie
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> From: Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com>
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> I disagree with that.
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> On 10/9/13, Charlie Livingston <kingbluebeard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to
> choose
> > their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme
> authors
> > who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:40:47 +0100
> From: Charlie Livingston <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL themes
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> Hi,
>
> I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on your
> theme author site to any non-GPL themes (
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731). Is this correct? Are there
> are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the theme
> requirements and I can't find anything relevant.
>
> The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest
> anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this is
> so, it seems a little harsh, no?
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> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 04:44:01 -0500
> From: wordpress at thinkupthemes.com
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>         <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>, Charlie Livingston
>         <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>
> Cc: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL
>         themes
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> I don't think it's harsh at all. We should respect GPL not just to the
> letter of the license, but also the message. ThemeForest has exploited
> GPL, and therefore any links to them or another company promoting
> non-GPL WordPress Themes or other products should not be allowed.
>
>
>
> Quoting Charlie Livingston <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on
> your
> > theme author site to any non-GPL themes (
> > http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731). Is this correct? Are
> there
> > are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the theme
> > requirements and I can't find anything relevant.
> >
> > The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest
> > anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this
> is
> > so, it seems a little harsh, no?
> >
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:15:11 +0530
> From: Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
>         <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL
>         themes
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> It is correct yes, It has been that way for years.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Livingston
> <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been told that you are not allowed to have any links anywhere on
> your
> > theme author site to any non-GPL themes (
> > http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14731). Is this correct? Are
> > there are published guidelines about this? I've looked through all the
> > theme requirements and I can't find anything relevant.
> >
> > The implication seems to be that if there are any links to ThemeForest
> > anywhere on your site you can't have a theme in the repository. If this
> is
> > so, it seems a little harsh, no?
> >
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> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:54:53 +0200
> From: Design 311 <hello at design311.com>
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> *From:* Daniel
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:34AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes
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> > I disagree with that.
> >
> > On 10/9/13, Charlie Livingston <kingbluebeard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> May I make a suggestion? That theme reviewers should not be able to
> choose
> >> their own themes to be featured, as this is unfair to all the theme
> authors
> >> who aren't reviewers/don't have the time to review as many themes.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >
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