[theme-reviewers] Are these contradictory???

[Doug Stewart]

Of course, you could always file for a trademark and vigorously defend the
use of the name and/or logo, but that's different.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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