[theme-reviewers] Providing commercial non-GPL themes

[Chip Bennett]

It's really pretty simple: if you want to host *anything* at WPORG, you
must be affiliated with *nothing* WordPress-related (Themes *and* Plugins)
that is not GPL-compatible.


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok.. So font pack is not GPL compatible.
> Somehow i want to give my commerical users to use this font-pack.
>
> If i split it from theme and create a plugin that includes font-pack and
> makes statement that they cant reproduce or resell this plugin.
>  Is it again violating commerical theme rules?
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:55 PM, yulian yordanov <yul.yordanov at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> "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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