[theme-reviewers] Are these contradictory???

[Chip Bennett]

Otto beat me to it.

GPL explicitly allows for redistribution and resale. The thing you *can't*
do, however, is claim copyright ownership. Otherwise, you are free to use,
modify, redistribute the original, distribute a derivative, including for
free or for cost.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In essence, that's true.
>
> No, actually, it's not.
>
> The GPL specifically grants the right of redistribution, and yes, even
> of resale. You can't really say that it's licensed under the GPL and
> then disallow things that the GPL grants without contradicting
> yourself.
>
> > You can't take a theme, say, CrazyBananas and
> > simply resell it as CrazyBananas in it's exact form.
>
> Yes, actually, you can. That's what the GPL means. Those are the exact
> rights the copyright holder is granting to you under the terms of the
> GPL. The terms of the GPL grant the right of redistribution. The terms
> of the GPL allow for reselling the product. Anybody can take GPL'd
> code and sell it as they please.
>
>
> -Otto
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