02 Jul 2009 02:25 pmWordPress News

Themes are not GPL, or is it?

In a recent news from the development team of WordPress, they said ‘Themes are GPL too‘.
I do not agree with all of that post’s content, as I am still thinking WordPress is similar to clay and a theme is similar to a statue you build using the clay.
but, before I write a detailed post on this, I will just point you to this post below.

I still don’t believe that the GPL was conceived with the intention of being used to protect the interests of big corporations and manipulate the little guys, but it is what it is….

Update:
Please read my follow up to this post.

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4 Responses to “Themes are not GPL, or is it?”

  1. Una de cal y una de arena | Ayuda WordPress says:
    July 3, 2009 at 4:15 am

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  3. kal says:
    July 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    hi, how does the licencing go in regards to the header images – for example can i use the header image on a private website?

    Thanks

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  4. Sadish says:
    July 17, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Please read my follow up to this post at http://wprocks.com/wordpress-news/my-wordpress-themes-are-not-gpl-got-my-own-licensing-terms/

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