[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Towfiq I.]

>
>  I'm honestly like some cartoon at a tennis match watching this.


Lol. Same here mate..



On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Dane Morgan <dane at danemorganmedia.com>wrote:

> I think part of why he feels ignored is because his point is that
>
> 1) We cannot have a theme in the repository if we promote or sell any non
> GPL themes (and plugins?)
> 2) We cannot be on the commercial list if we do not have a theme in the
> repository.
>
> and this is where i start to get all fuzzy.
>
> 3) there is code that is not GPL, because you are not allowed to use it if
> you do not have a current subscription, and therefor cannot really
> distribute it either.
> 4) Moving the code to a plugin does not mean you no longer sell of support
> non GPL code, but only that you sell and support it as a separate,
> plug-able code.
>
> I suspect there is some distinction here? But I'm lost as to where it is.
> I'm honestly like some cartoon at a tennis match watching this.
>
>
> Otto wrote:
>
>> BTW, what you are referring to here (the "pro" code) was in the
>> first version they submitted. Are you saying that this same code
>> exists in the second version, the one you actually wrote about in
>> ticket?
>>
>> Because if so, fine. But I was under the impression that they had
>> already addressed that and moved the "pro" code into a separate plugin
>> which they are selling separately. If true, this means two things:
>> a) They fixed the problem well before your decision to criticize them
>> for it, and
>> b) You never even looked at the new version of the theme before
>> posting in the ticket about it.
>>
>> Please correct me if I'm incorrect. What exactly about the theme
>> currently is in violation of the rules? Facts, not rhetoric.
>>
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