ThemeForest require themes sold there to use the split licence. It's a requirement to sell on the marketplace. It's part of the agreement. That seems pretty sta

ThemeForest require themes sold there to use the split licence. It's a requirement to sell on the marketplace. It's part of the agreement. That seems pretty standard, you get the power of the marketplace, they get to dictate the content they sell, including usage. As mentioned in the transcript, ThemeForest customers can by different usage rights, a system which may be undermined by authors including whatever licensing they want. Maybe you disagree with it/don't like the split licence/feel you should have a choice/whatever, you've got the choice to not distribute via ThemeForest. But it seems incredibly disingenuous and sort of shady to enter into an agreement which explicitly limits the licence, and then try go behind your partners back and tell the customer to disregard that licence for your own. If you're also selling on your own site directly, and setting your own licence, sure those sales can be licenced however the author wants. But it still leaves the fact that files sold on ThemeForest should be provided as dictated by ThemeForest, licence and all.