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

[andrew nevins]

Do you feel like that for non-GPL themes in general?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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