[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Srikanth Koneru]

I thought that way too, but after reading gpl a few times, i did not see it
talking about usage.
So basically we are assuming usage rights?


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Google?
>
> (Seriously. Not only is it a basic operating principle of Theme Reviews -
> developers can't add clauses that restrict usage - but it's also just plain
> common sense. How could a license grant the right to copy, modify, and
> distribute a work, but not grant the right to *use* that same work?)
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Chip, anywhere i can read up on "Restricting use is just as much of an
>> incompatibility with GPL as would be restricting copying, modifying, or
>> distributing." ?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> FYI, Akismet was asked and answered in one of the previous 94 emails in
>>> this thread. But to reiterate:
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> Akismet provides a server, that performs a service. That service is
>>> evaluation of content to determine if that content is spam. The algorithms
>>> used to evaluate that content reside on Akismet's servers. The API allows
>>> the client (Plugin) to interact with the server, to send content to be
>>> evaluated, and then returns the evaluation.
>>>
>>> There is absolutely no issue with this whatsoever.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know that this is more of a plugin question, but would Akismet fall
>>>> under the same matter as far as GPL is concern? Or am I missing
>>>> something?
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Daniel Fenn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Seriously! Unless someone can answer Justin's question what's the
>>>> debate
>>>> > about? As far as I can tell I can download Pagelines, remove the DRM
>>>> and
>>>> > redistribute it without violating their terms. Sounds GNUy to me.
>>>> >
>>>> > (and yes I know that when it comes to DRMs there are issues related
>>>> to the
>>>> > DMCA, but for that point to be relevant we would have to require
>>>> GPL3, not
>>>> > GPL2, which we don't.)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Justin Tadlock <
>>>> justin at justintadlock.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Sorry, I haven't seen the evidence of this before.  That's all new
>>>> to me.
>>>> >> There's been a lot of posts.  It should be easy to understand that
>>>> maybe
>>>> >> I've missed something through all of the discussion.  Can you (or
>>>> anyone)
>>>> >> please share where, in their terms or wherever, this information is
>>>> coming
>>>> >> from (the information where you're not allowed to copy, modify, or
>>>> >> distribute the code)?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I don't need anything more than that.  I don't even care that much
>>>> about
>>>> >> this discussion.  I'm just interested in seeing the answer to my
>>>> question.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thanks
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 10/9/2013 6:25 PM, Bryan Hadaway wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> @Justin
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "If they limit how you can use the code that has been distributed to
>>>> you,
>>>> >> that'd be a problem."
>>>> >>
>>>> >> That's what they're doing. What is a theme, a theme is code, they're
>>>> >> saying you can only use this code x amount of times for x amount of
>>>> dollars.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> That's from the horses mouth, what more do you need? I'm happy you're
>>>> >> trying to understand, but this has all been covered over and over.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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