[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 157 i want to join theme review team

[Ramiro C.]

Hello i am new at trt how do i get access to trac to review a theme?
My username in wp.org is Kowen
Thanks in advance.
Salutations.



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De: theme-reviewers-request at lists.wordpress.org 
Fecha: 31/01/2014  17:42  (GMT-03:00) 
A: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org 
Asunto: theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 157 
 
Ticket re-assigned. Sorry for the wait :)


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Web-Dorado <info at web-dorado.com> wrote:
Dear theme reviewers team

We have submitted the Theme Expert for reviewing (Ticket #15507 https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15507 ) 8 weeks ago. The theme is owned by basantakumar. There is no response from him. We have tried to post comments asking whether the theme is still being reviewed, but still no answer.

Please advise what should we do in this case.

Best regards
Web-Dorado team

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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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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:25 AM, 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."

The MIT license is "freer" than the GPL license. There is no contradiction here.

The GPL license prevents others from taking away freedoms. It does not actually prevent them from giving you more.

Everything GPL-Compatible is allowed in the WordPress.org systems.

-Otto


I apologize. I have only been on the mailing list for a few weeks and reviewing themes about as long. This was the first time I've seen a thread dealing with licenses. But, I Googled "site:lists.wordpress.org license" to search the mailing list archive and found 1520 emails on the subject, so I guess it's been hashed many times over the last few years.
 
I noticed that all the threads I read end with something like "themes in WPORG repository must be GPL-compatible." The message is clear, so that's what I'll go by. I just wanted to make sure I'm marching to the beat of the same drum as everyone else when reviewing themes.
 
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chip Bennett" <chip at chipbennett.net>
To: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers." <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
Sent: 1/31/2014 9:42:35 AM
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme License
 
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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