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Mijn reacties | De Fries — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:45:42 +0000

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tatil yeri — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:42:38 +0000

On the other handAllister Cameron wrote a very analytical post about this matterthat may help you understand the removal of these themes (definitely worth a read).

By: Silver Firefly

Silver Firefly — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:51:51 +0000

I think the common mistake people make is that it’s only the WordPress source code that is GPL’d. In other words, we’re selling and copyrighting the CSS files, and the custom Javascript files that are independent of the core files that are included with the basic WordPress install.

So, for example, I create a theme and I intend it to be non-GPL and I intend to charge for it. I can slap any restrictions I like on the style.css file, and on the custom Javascript files I include with it. I would not be in violation of the GPL license. However, I have to make the functions.php and other PHP files that are necessary to make WordPress function properly (the core files) comply with the GPL license.

So for the style.css and any other files that are not necessary to make WordPress function properly, I can forbid folks from redistributing and/or modifying.

The other thing I was thinking about, I’ve arrived at the conclusion that clients can redistribute and modify freely (paid or free) the actual theme structure which would include the PHP files and maybe even the XHTML markup, but that would be without the CSS and the custom Javascript files.

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Where to buy Premium Wordpress Themes | theWPresser — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:50:17 +0000

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