[theme-reviewers] Theme License

[Chip Bennett]

This mail list is not the appropriate place to debate that question. The
Theme Review Team is tasked with implementing wordpress.org policy
regarding Theme licensing. The Guidelines reflect current wordpress.orgpolicy.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Jasper Kips <jasper at planetkips.nl> wrote:

> Uhm, no. A theme, or a plugin, is not a derivative work. It doesn't change
> WordPress code. It uses WordPress. A subtle, but important difference.
>
> Jasper
> Verzonden van mijn HTC
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> Van: "Konstantin Kovshenin" <kovshenin at gmail.com>
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> Onderwerp: [theme-reviewers] Theme License
> Datum: vr, jan. 31, 2014 12:00
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>
> Which is strange though, because a WordPress theme (and a plugin) is
> derivative work of WordPress and has to inherit the GPL license. So I
> guess a theme can't be MIT licensed :)
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Konstantin Kovshenin
> <kovshenin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You're right, obviously: "Themes are required to be 100% GPL-licensed,
> > or use a GPL-compatible license. This includes all PHP, HTML, CSS,
> > images, fonts, icons, and everything else. All of the theme must be
> > GPL-Compatible."
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Mattia Migliorini <deshack at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin <
> kovshenin at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> No. Themes in the WordPress.org directory have to be GPL-licensed.
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, themes in the WP.org directory have to be GPL-compatible:
> >> "Themes are required to be licensed fully under a GPL-compatible
> license."
> >>
> >> So MIT license is ok.
> >>
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