[theme-reviewers] Duplicate/Copied Themes

[Emil Uzelac]

Themes must not
clone<http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/>the
design of past or present web site, (IMHO) that should
apply to Themes as well :)


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for clarification, I was wondering if its okay to copy as long as
> its not child theme :)
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
>> Let me clarify "copied design" is not acceptable.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Melissa Oveson <missybunnie at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't it acceptable though for like _s and other starters to have pretty
>>> much the same structure as the starter as long as it's name spaced
>>> differently?
>>>
>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>
>>> If this was a Child Theme, I would say yes. Copied Themes
>>> without significant differences are not acceptable.
>>>
>>> Note that Authors URI is invalid, as well as
>>> http://www.fosforito.net/wp-themes/forestly (404)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Casey Lee <casey at simplethemes.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I'm fairly new to the review process and am trying to help out as
>>>> much as possible.
>>>>
>>>> Theme I'm currently reviewing:
>>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16351
>>>>
>>>> One of the first things I noticed was the striking similarity of the
>>>> Iconic One theme:
>>>> http://cl.ly/image/3035312E3D0b
>>>>
>>>> How do you typically handle such issues - or is this even an issue?
>>>>
>>>> Casey
>>>>
>>>>
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