[theme-reviewers] Providing commercial non-GPL themes

[yulian yordanov]

"This license does not give you the right to reproduce or resell IcoMoon's
icon packs. The purpose of the project/product in which you use the icons
should not be icon redistribution."

This statement contradicts GPL, so it cannot be compatible with GPL.
Unfortunately...

Fingli


2013/9/3 Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>

> I really dont want to violate anyone's license so trying to be clean as
> much as i can.
> One of my premium component is Icomoon's Ultimate Pack<http://icomoon.io/#icons>
>  It has a Developer Friendly License <http://icomoon.io/#icons/license>.
> It looks ok for me to include it in commerical GPL theme right?
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Anyone who hosts a Theme in the official Theme directory must not be
>> affiliated in any way with non-GPL-compatible Themes. This is not WPTRT
>> Guidelines, but rather WPORG policy:
>> http://wordpress.org/themes/about/
>>
>> "Themes from sites that support non-GPL (or compatible) themes or
>> violate the WordPress community guidelines themes will not be approved."
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:49 AM, 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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