[theme-reviewers] Theme License

[Chip Bennett]

We're not going to re-hash this. Been there, done that; don't have time for
it again.

The Guidelines on Licensing state that Themes must be licensed under a
GPL-compatible license, including all resources bundled with the Theme. The
Guidelines conform to WordPress.org policy.


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Spencer Piontkowski <
spencer at piontkowski.me> wrote:

> But that contradicts this page: http://wordpress.org/about/license/,
> which states:
> "There is some legal grey area regarding what is considered a derivative
> work, but we feel strongly that plugins and themes are derivative work and
> thus inherit the GPL license."
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Otto" <otto at ottodestruct.com>
> To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> Sent: 1/31/2014 4:33:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme License
>
>  On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin
>> <kovshenin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  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 :)
>>>
>>
>> You are incorrect and yes, a theme can be MIT licensed. Compatible is
>> compatible and it's fine.
>>
>> -Otto
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