[theme-reviewers] Providing commercial non-GPL themes

[devcorn]

not exactly but should be relevant

http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/11/automattic-putting-the-boot-to-premium-theme-developers

Thanks
Ash
http://devcorn.com


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-May/012868.html
> and also in many tickets, you can read some closed tickets, too lazy to
> find them for you :)
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> where is writing that rule? can you link?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Any theme by you, linked to the theme in directory or not should be full
>>> gpl
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> All themes by you (since you have a theme in directory) should be gpl,
>>>>> had my themes suspended once because upsell versions had non-gpl components
>>>>> and so were not full gpl.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I think i made it clear that there is no upsell version of theme or
>>>> there is no freemium.
>>>> Basically my GPL theme is not related to commercial theme. Commerical
>>>> theme is just using GPL theme as core.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Commercial versions of free Themes (i.e. “freemium” or
>>>>>>    “up-sell” Themes) are *required* to be released under
>>>>>>    GPL-compatible licenses
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to clarify a thing before it becomes a trouble.
>>>>>> Theme: FirmaSite <http://wordpress.org/themes/firmasite>
>>>>>> Theme Uri: http://theme.firmasite.com/gpl/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am preparing to release a premium theme. Probably it wont be full
>>>>>> GPL because of some premium components. Its based on my FirmaSite theme but
>>>>>> its not child-theme of FirmaSite or its not a up-sell (there is no links or
>>>>>> any type of description in FirmaSite to promote commercial ones.). Its just
>>>>>> using FirmaSite as core.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Basically my GPL theme is not related to commercial theme. Commerical
>>>>>> theme is just using GPL theme as core. GPL theme is in
>>>>>> http://theme.firmasite.com/gpl/ and i am planning to release and
>>>>>> give support in same site ( http://theme.firmasite.com/commercial/ etc.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any problem?
>>>>>>
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