[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

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Great attitude Otto! It's so great to hear reviewers trying to help  
those submitting themes, rather than just shooting their efforts down.



Quoting Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>:

> 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
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