
Thesis Theme is now using a split GPLv2 license - PStamatiou
http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288707443
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briandoll
This has been really interesting to watch unfold. Starting with Andrew
Warner's tweet (<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!

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pavs
It couldn't have turned hostile, because one of the two was level headed and
non-combative. The other guy was just talking gibberish.

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slouch
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.

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PStamatiou
and in another tweet:

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

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cheald
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.

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

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

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joshuacc
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.

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gabrielroth
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.

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dotBen
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?

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slouch
"@keener You can view the split GPL license in the new DIYthemes Terms of
Service: <http://bit.ly/a4WozG>
<http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19294129775>

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PStamatiou
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.

