[theme-reviewers] Providing commercial non-GPL themes

[Ünsal Korkmaz]

Thanks for your time.
Now that made it clear :)


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com> wrote:

> yes it can be added  on theme review page, there is one available on theme
> about page publicly
>
> http://wordpress.org/themes/about
>
> The goal of our themes directory isn't to have every theme in the world,
> it's to have the best. WordPress is Open Source, and all the themes we host
> here are Open Source. If you want your theme to be proprietary or promote
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>  Guidelines
>
> Resources for theme authors are available in the Codex on the Theme
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>
> All themes are subject to review. Themes from sites that support non-GPL
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>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ok..
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-May/012868.html is
>> clear enough. But why is there no explanation in theme review or rules
>> about this?
>>
>> I will check all premium components licenses and i hope i can release as
>> gpl.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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