[theme-reviewers] Licensing question - Author sells on Mojo Themes

[Afzaal]

Agreed. It was the include of the word "use" which I felt made the  
license incompatible with GPL.

Look forward to hearing what Mojo comes back with.

Afzaal



Quoting Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>:

> HTML templates are not in any way, under any interpretation, derivative of
> WordPress. As such, they are not compelled to be licensed as GPL-compatible.
>
> As for the Mojo terms, I disagree. The current terms, as-stated, are not
> GPL-compatible (and I've taken it up directly with Mojo).
>
> Here's the Theme in question:
> https://www.mojomarketplace.com/item/bluebird-beautiful-wordpress-theme-for-personal-blog
>
> Here are the license options:
>
>
>    - Single-Domain License (You can *use *this on personal, commercial or
>    client projects.)
>    - 5-Domain License (You can *use *this on up to 5 domains and for up to
>    5 clients.)
>    - Developer License (You can *use *this on an unlimited number of
>    domains and for an unlimited number of clients.)
>
> (Those are quite clearly *usage *restrictions, not support limits.)
>
> I've asked Mojo to clarify the license wording for WordPress Themes. A user
> would reasonably infer that the license restrictions are usage
> restrictions, and not support limits.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Otto, html templates can have non gpl license?
>>>
>>
>> If it's not a WordPress template, then we kinda sorta don't care.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
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