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

[Daniel Fenn]

Ok so I wake up and it still going?

Trent, would you mind if I email you offlist over a slightly different matter?

On 9/28/14, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> God, did we say don't name it Responsive II ?
> No we did not.
>
> Admins only said don't submit it here as Responsive II
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wrong.
>>
>> I've heard from many theme authors who have tried and been rejected
>> before. This rules been enforced for some time now apparently and the
>> only
>> reason this isn't common practice is because it hasn't been allowed.
>>
>> Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies use names
>> and numbers for products. Salesforce's latest development platform is
>> called Salesforce1.
>>
>> This is normal in the tech industry.
>>
>> --Trent Lapinski
>> CEO of CyberChimps.com
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>> 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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Regards,
Daniel Fenn