[theme-reviewers] Providing commercial non-GPL themes

[Otto]

Look, I don't really understand why this is confusing to anybody...

Are you actively selling and/or promoting non-GPL code built off of
WordPress on your own websites? Are you then linking to those in
themes that you're trying to get into the repository in some manner?

No? Then it's probably fine. Simple. The goal is to prevent
spammers and other marketers from getting listed by WordPress.org.
Simple as that. You can sell your work any way you like, but the stuff
you promote via themes in our directory must adhere to the guidelines.
Everybody works for companies, and when you work for somebody, they
tend to own your work. That is *normal*. The goal is to prevent spam,
not to restrict normal behaviors or to impose ideals on other people.

-Otto



On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> So we can sell and announce non-GPL custom works in our sites without
> breaking gpl-only rule right?
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> Selling custom work for clients has nothing to do with what you're
>> affiliated with or what you're distributing or selling on your own
>> site. That is fine.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Dane Morgan <dane at danemorganmedia.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Chip, what about custom themes for a one off client with no intent to
>> > distribute? I'm entertaining the idea of doing some stock themes and I
>> > want
>> > them to be compatible, but for the past four years I've earned my living
>> > making custom themes for businesses and I built the resources they
>> > wanted
>> > into their themes so long as they had the legal right to use them for
>> > that
>> > purpose.
>> >
>> > Does this disqualify me out of the gate from ever getting a theme into
>> > the
>> > repository?
>> >
>> >
>> > Chip Bennett wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
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