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Thesis Theme is now using a split GPLv2 license

25 points by PStamatiou 16y ago

PStamatiou 16y ago
and in another tweet: "The PHP is GPLv2; CSS, JS, and images are proprietary." http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288875981 http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288875981
- cheald 16y ago
  Which is perfectly reasonable, according to what I know of the GPL and how it has been ruled to apply to software packages in the past. Good on him for license compliance.
pavs 16y ago
Finally, sanity ensured. Maybe he watched his own interview and realized how dubious his reasoning was.
- duck 16y ago
  Maybe he watched his own interview and realized Matt might actually take him to court.
briandoll 16y ago
This has been really interesting to watch unfold. Starting with Andrew Warner's tweet (http://twitter.com/AndrewWarner/status/18538556171 http://twitter.com/AndrewWarner/status/18538556171) "How can I get @photomatt & @pearsonified on Mixergy right now to talk? I bet I can bring peace here." I've loved the Mixergy interviews in the past, but this shows just how good Andrew really is. He never pit them against one another, and really helped them each clarify their points in a last-minute interview that easily could have turned hostile. Now that the code is on the GPL (the php at least), we can thank Andrew for brining peace!
- pavs 16y ago
  It couldn't have turned hostile, because one of the two was level headed and non-combative. The other guy was just talking gibberish.
  - slouch 16y ago
    i contend that the audio quality on the live feed was degrading a few of matt's smart-assed sentence-ending chuckles. he also made one completely inflammatory comment that andrew condemned. sure, chris let his passion get the best of him, but matt trolled him more than once.
joshuacc 16y ago
Finally. It seemed to me completely obvious that CSS, images, etc. couldn't be forced into GPL. The PHP still seems a bit of a gray area, but at least now there's a semblance of consensus.
- gabrielroth 16y ago
  I don't think CSS and images were a sticking point. If my recollection holds, when Matt asked the Software Freedom Law Center for an opinion on Thesis, they said that the PHP would have to be GPL'd and the other elements wouldn't have to be.
dotBen 16y ago
Twitter status update aside, I couldn't find this documented/posted on Thesis's diythemes.com site. I'd like to see the license and exactly how and what has been dual licensed. Anyone have any info?
- slouch 16y ago
  "@keener You can view the split GPL license in the new DIYthemes Terms of Service: http://bit.ly/a4WozG http://bit.ly/a4WozG http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19294129775 http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19294129775
  - PStamatiou 16y ago
    from the site: 2. Intellectual Property License Thesis General PHP License The PHP code portions of Thesis are subject to the GNU General Public License, version 2. All images, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript elements are released under the Thesis Proprietary Use License below. Thesis Proprietary Use License The Thesis Proprietary Use License is a GPL compatible license that applies only to the images, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript files contained in Thesis. These elements are the copyrighted intellectual property of DIYthemes and cannot be redistributed or used in any fashion other than as provided in this Agreement. NOTICE: Distribution of Thesis in its entirety inherently violates the Thesis Proprietary Use License. Further, use of the Thesis brand (trademark) to distribute the GPL portions of Thesis is a violation of trademark law.

25 points by PStamatiou 16y ago

and in another tweet: "The PHP is GPLv2; CSS, JS, and images are proprietary." http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288875981 http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288875981

cheald 16y ago
Which is perfectly reasonable, according to what I know of the GPL and how it has been ruled to apply to software packages in the past. Good on him for license compliance.

pavs 16y ago

Finally, sanity ensured. Maybe he watched his own interview and realized how dubious his reasoning was.

duck 16y ago
Maybe he watched his own interview and realized Matt might actually take him to court.

briandoll 16y ago

This has been really interesting to watch unfold. Starting with Andrew Warner's tweet (http://twitter.com/AndrewWarner/status/18538556171 http://twitter.com/AndrewWarner/status/18538556171) "How can I get @photomatt & @pearsonified on Mixergy right now to talk? I bet I can bring peace here." I've loved the Mixergy interviews in the past, but this shows just how good Andrew really is. He never pit them against one another, and really helped them each clarify their points in a last-minute interview that easily could have turned hostile. Now that the code is on the GPL (the php at least), we can thank Andrew for brining peace!

pavs 16y ago
It couldn't have turned hostile, because one of the two was level headed and non-combative. The other guy was just talking gibberish.
- slouch 16y ago
  i contend that the audio quality on the live feed was degrading a few of matt's smart-assed sentence-ending chuckles. he also made one completely inflammatory comment that andrew condemned. sure, chris let his passion get the best of him, but matt trolled him more than once.

joshuacc 16y ago

Finally. It seemed to me completely obvious that CSS, images, etc. couldn't be forced into GPL. The PHP still seems a bit of a gray area, but at least now there's a semblance of consensus.

gabrielroth 16y ago
I don't think CSS and images were a sticking point. If my recollection holds, when Matt asked the Software Freedom Law Center for an opinion on Thesis, they said that the PHP would have to be GPL'd and the other elements wouldn't have to be.

dotBen 16y ago

Twitter status update aside, I couldn't find this documented/posted on Thesis's diythemes.com site. I'd like to see the license and exactly how and what has been dual licensed. Anyone have any info?

slouch 16y ago
"@keener You can view the split GPL license in the new DIYthemes Terms of Service: http://bit.ly/a4WozG http://bit.ly/a4WozG http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19294129775 http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19294129775
- PStamatiou 16y ago
  from the site: 2. Intellectual Property License Thesis General PHP License The PHP code portions of Thesis are subject to the GNU General Public License, version 2. All images, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript elements are released under the Thesis Proprietary Use License below. Thesis Proprietary Use License The Thesis Proprietary Use License is a GPL compatible license that applies only to the images, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript files contained in Thesis. These elements are the copyrighted intellectual property of DIYthemes and cannot be redistributed or used in any fashion other than as provided in this Agreement. NOTICE: Distribution of Thesis in its entirety inherently violates the Thesis Proprietary Use License. Further, use of the Thesis brand (trademark) to distribute the GPL portions of Thesis is a violation of trademark law.