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

Wed Oct 9 10:18:20 UTC 2013

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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Charlie Livingston
<kingbluebeard at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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>
>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
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>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes
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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.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Charlie
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>> From: Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
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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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>> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:34:03 +1100
>> From: Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com>
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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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>> Regards,
>> Daniel Fenn
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:40:47 +0100
>> From: Charlie Livingston <kingbluebeard at gmail.com>
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> 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
>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
>>         <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
>> Message-ID:
>>         <
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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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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:54:53 +0200
>> From: Design 311 <hello at design311.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
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>> *From:* Daniel
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:34AM
>> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
>> *Cc:*
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes
>>
>> > 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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