[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Otto]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Ünsal Korkmaz <unsalkorkmaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Show me where their *behavior* is in violation. Show me where their
>> *actual terms* are in violation. Don't nitpick the marketing.
>
> http://www.pagelines.com/pricing/
> Uses License Key system which restricts usage on how many site you install
> and when you stop paying:

And yet again, you point to the marketing pages... Those are not
"terms", these are the terms:
http://www.pagelines.com/terms-of-service/

For the specific case of the Pagelines DMS theme, it was actually
not-approved with their first attempt:
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14116

They are making a second attempt now with a newly uploaded version:
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14369

And if you have specific issues with specific themes, those should be
discussed *in ticket*. Here you have a company actively working on
this theme that you're talking about, and you're complaining about
them being listed totally elsewhere for "violations" of a rather
nebulous nature. Why not tell them of your concerns, directly, by
reviewing their theme and expressing your concerns? Attempt to fix
things and make them better, sort of thing.


> you lose access to your professional-only editing tools and effects, the
> ability to add and edit Professional sections
>
>  Basically i cant get theme and modify & use however i want and basically i
> cant use it on multisite.Isnt it enough?

If this is indeed part of the theme, sure. My suggestion to them for
the DMS theme was to remove that code from the theme and sell those
editing tools separately, as an add-on.

As for multisite, that theme that you're pointing to works fine on
multisite. Again, their licensing is tied to support and add-ons that
they sell for their themes. Read the actual terms, not the marketing.

-Otto