[wp-forums] Using non-GPL licensed WordPress.org themes

[Amy Hendrix]

Legally speaking, no, they can't change the license -- only the actual
copyright owner (that is, the theme author) can do that. However, it's
a silly thing they did in their own copy of the theme for their own
site, so it's not like they're trying to distribute a relicensed copy.
I don't see that it should make one bit of difference to whether they
can get support or not, any more than we'd refuse support because
someone had changed the color of their left sidebar.

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:24 AM, andrew nevins
<andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone took the 'Cleanr' theme and changed the license on it to "All
> rights reserved", and then created a support thread on the forums for help
> with their theme.
>
> Is it right for me to say that we don't support their theme because it's
> non-GPL? Or can they not actually change the license of the theme, even if
> they state it in the stylesheet?
>
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-cleanr-h2-css-being-overruled?replies=4&view=all
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