WP Designer is switching from Creative Commons to GPL for his themes. ¶
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Alejandro | April 11th, 2007 @ 8:20 pm |
Great. I hope people keep the backlinks, though. He merits them.
ceejayoz | April 11th, 2007 @ 11:55 pm |
I’ve found WordPress users seem to be very good about keeping legit backlinks in GPLed code. I’ve yet to come across a Tarski install that has removed them.
adam | April 12th, 2007 @ 11:30 am |
this comment:
http://photomatt.net/2007/04/11/showing-arrogance/#comment-418048
actually belongs on this post.
David Russell | April 15th, 2007 @ 10:41 am |
I like Creative Commons licences, but they are designed for text, images etc. rather than software. Just as one would not think of applying the GPL to a textbook, similarly Creative Commons licences should not be used for software (even more ’simple’ software such as WP themes).
adam | April 16th, 2007 @ 8:20 pm |
@david-
the problem comes in precisely because CC licenses are good for images. themes cannot use CC images and GPL code. this almost always leads to a shortcoming in one area or the other. there are notable exceptions of course, but most themes do one or the other better, and are licensed accordingly.