[theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?

[Emil Uzelac]

Have you realized that you are the only one that does this?

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
wrote:

> Cais,
>
> I came to this list for help, all I received was pointless bureaucracy.
>
> It is wrong to prevent theme authors from using their own brand names for
> multiple products. This rule only serves to limit the freedoms of theme
> authors, which was never its intention. The purpose of this rule was to
> protect theme authors from having their names and brands from being stolen,
> not to prevent authors from using their own names and brands.
>
> Did I get frustrated? Absolutely, TRT does not have the authority or the
> right to limit the freedoms of an open source community, and force theme
> authors to rebrand and rename their established product lines, and force
> thousands of developers to follow rules that no free open market would ever
> enact. You guys are over reaching your authority, and literally becoming
> the brand and naming police of the WordPress community. It is silly,
> offensive, and downright scary that you guys have all literally agreed to
> limit our rights.
>
> I am trying to find a resolution to this problem without having my rights,
> and the rights of my fellow theme authors taken away by people who have
> contributed just as much as I have to this community. I have every right to
> be here, and I don't need to be an admin to have a say, nor do I need to be
> an admin to defend myself and others from pointless bureaucracy and
> unneeded politics.
>
> -Trent
> CEO CyberChimps Inc.
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 27, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Condescending yes, ...
>
>
> Thanks for making your position and opinion of the WordPress Theme
> Reviewers and Administrators that much more obvious.
>
> Feel free to carry on the conversation. I have already expressed my
> opinion and your admission really doesn't give me much reason to reconsider
> what I have already written about theme names.
>
>
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
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