[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Emil Uzelac]

or what @Otto said ;)


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> It's not necessarily "mis-information". The key to focus on here is
> "support". It's perfectly legitimate for a company selling themes to
> not restrict actual usage, but to instead restrict the level of
> support that they offer. So you might offer support for only a limited
> number of sites, say for a single domain, but offer support for any
> number of sites at a higher price level.
>
> It may be slightly misleading, and I can understand that sort of
> interpretation, but hey, that's marketing for you.
>
>
> -Otto
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think its WPTRT related because all those commercial sellers need to
> have
> > 1 theme in wordpress.org:
> >>
> >> Have at least one theme in the WordPress.org Themes Directory that is
> >> actively maintained
> >
> >
> > And i got those replies from my previous question:
> >
> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-September/015078.html
> >
> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-May/012868.html
> >
> >> In order to have a Theme hosted in the directory, a developer must
> release
> >> *all* Themes under a GPL-compatible license.
> >
> >
> > Yes they released as GPL as they saying in legal notice, while they
> saying
> > "you can only use in 1 site" in front of their site.
> >
> > and my question was simple tho:
> > Can we really restrict a GPL theme usage? or are they mis-information on
> > purpose?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
> >>
> >> +1 and to add that there is nothing to "inspect" here :)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Edward Caissie
> >> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There may be some concerns with their pricing/licensing verbiage but as
> >>> Amy noted, that is not within the purview of the WPTRT team.
> >>>
> >>> If you have concerns about commercial themes those need to be brought
> to
> >>> the attention of the folks answering the emails sent to
> themes at wordpress.org
> >>> (see the bottom of the commercial listing page).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Edward Caissie
> >>> aka Cais.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The commercial themes list has nothing to do with WPTRT
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <
> unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> > I am inspecting commercial examples in
> >>>> > http://wordpress.org/themes/commercial/ but i see some restricts on
> >>>> > GPL
> >>>> > theme usages..
> >>>> >
> >>>> > http://headwaythemes.com/pricing/
> >>>> > http://www.pagelines.com/pricing/
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Am i missing something? or can we really restrict a GPL theme usage?
> >>>> > or are
> >>>> > they mis-information on purpose?
> >>>> >
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