[theme-reviewers] Links on author/theme URL to non-GPL themes

Ulrich Pogson grapplerulrich at gmail.com
Wed Oct 9 10:38:35 UTC 2013


The way I understand it that all of the authors WordPress projects need to
be gpl so that the theme is allowed on the repository.

I do agree that the documentation does not go into every detail.
On 9 Oct 2013 12:08, "Oven Zen" <zenoven at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm also curious about this question and if it's not allowed so why not
> list all rules somewhere ?
>
>
> 2013/10/9 Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>
>> 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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