[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31899: Proper Licensing for Twenty Fifteen

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#31899: Proper Licensing for Twenty Fifteen
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 Reporter:  kevinhaig      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  4.1.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Old description:

> Licensing requirements
>
> As per recommendations in
> https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2014/07/08/proper-copyrightlicense-
> attribution-for-themes/
>
> For each source file, other than files already licensed, style.css and
> readme.txt please add the following :
>
> Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
> Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
>
> in the style.css file please add the following as part of the stamp :
>
> License: GPLv2
> License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
>
> Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
> Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
>
> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> GNU General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with this program. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.
>
> In the readme.txt file please add the following :
>
> License: GPLv2 *** do not add the or later
> License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
>
> Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
> Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
>
> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> GNU General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with this program. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.
>
> Licenses for Bundled Resources
>
> HTML5 Shiv v3.7.0 | @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem | MIT/GPL2 Licensed
> Copyright (c) 2014 Alexander Farkas (aFarkas),
> https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv
>
> Genericons icon font, Copyright 2013 Automattic
> Genericons are licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, Version 2 (or
> later)
> Source: http://www.genericons.com
>
> Not sure with the copyright year for the Genericons....so I just used
> Chip's example
>
> I have been reviewing themes for about a month for WordPress.org, and a
> lot of emphasis is being placed on proper licensing. I have commented a
> number of times to Theme Review Team members that licensing is not proper
> for the twenty themes, at least not within the guidelines of Chip's post.
> Most of the themes I have reviewed tend to use the twenty themes
> as a basis for their submissions, consequently they are submitting themes
> that are not properly licensed.
>
> I would like to be able to refer them to the twenty themes for examples
> of proper licensing, but they inevitably refer me to the twenty themes
> saying "If the twenty themes do it that way, why can't I?"
>
> I will follow with the same tickets for the other twenty themes, if you
> find this one worth pursuing.
>
> Thanks.... at kevinhaig

New description:

 Licensing requirements

 As per recommendations in
 https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2014/07/08/proper-copyrightlicense-
 attribution-for-themes/

 For each source file, other than files already licensed, style.css and
 readme.txt please add the following :
 {{{
 Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
 Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
 }}}
 in the style.css file please add the following as part of the stamp :
 {{{
 License: GPLv2
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

 Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
 Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.
 }}}

 In the readme.txt file please add the following :

 {{{
 License: GPLv2 *** do not add the or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

 Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015 WordPress
 Twenty Fifteen is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.

 Licenses for Bundled Resources

 HTML5 Shiv v3.7.0 | @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem | MIT/GPL2 Licensed
 Copyright (c) 2014 Alexander Farkas (aFarkas),
 https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

 Genericons icon font, Copyright 2013 Automattic
 Genericons are licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, Version 2 (or
 later)
 Source: http://www.genericons.com
 }}}

 Not sure with the copyright year for the Genericons....so I just used
 Chip's example

 I have been reviewing themes for about a month for WordPress.org, and a
 lot of emphasis is being placed on proper licensing. I have commented a
 number of times to Theme Review Team members that licensing is not proper
 for the twenty themes, at least not within the guidelines of Chip's post.
 Most of the themes I have reviewed tend to use the twenty themes
 as a basis for their submissions, consequently they are submitting themes
 that are not properly licensed.

 I would like to be able to refer them to the twenty themes for examples of
 proper licensing, but they inevitably refer me to the twenty themes saying
 "If the twenty themes do it that way, why can't I?"

 I will follow with the same tickets for the other twenty themes, if you
 find this one worth pursuing.

 Thanks.... at kevinhaig

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Comment (by dd32):

 I'm going to get too involved with this ticket, but just wanted to note
 this:
 > `License: GPLv2 *** do not add the or later`
 WordPress, and it's default themes, are licenced as GPLv2 or Later

 Additionally, the GNU GPLv2 FAQ may be interesting to others:
 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html

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