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	<title>Comments on: ThemeForest Adds Multi-Project Licensing</title>
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		<title>By:  Dean Saliba</title>
		<link>https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/05/18/themeforest-adds-multi-project-licensing/#comment-8320</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dean Saliba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like a good deal to me. I might check these guys out sometime this week. :) ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like a good deal to me. I might check these guys out sometime this week. <img src="https://www.webmaster-source.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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		<title>By: redwall_hp</title>
		<link>https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/05/18/themeforest-adds-multi-project-licensing/#comment-8268</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[redwall_hp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, and I wasn&#039;t necessarily trying to imply that Automattic &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; do that. You guys seem to be perfectly capable of amassing themes in other ways. I was just trying to give an example of a site that would have a large amount of clients using a particular theme, whether it be a WPMU-based site or not. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and I wasn&#039;t necessarily trying to imply that Automattic <em>would</em> do that. You guys seem to be perfectly capable of amassing themes in other ways. I was just trying to give an example of a site that would have a large amount of clients using a particular theme, whether it be a WPMU-based site or not. </p>
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		<title>By: redwall_hp</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[redwall_hp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, not all of the themes are WordPress themes. A good deal are just straight HTML and CSS. 
 
Second, I still fail to see how you can argue that themes are derivative works. A derivative work, as defined by Wikipedia is &lt;em&gt; &quot;an expressive creation that includes major, copyright-protected elements of an original, previously created first work.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; A theme starts out as an image in Photoshop, and then is built up with CSS and HTML, and then lastly has a few function calls from WordPress added in. The vast majority of the end product is purely original. It&#039;s like arguing that a software package like Firefox, GIMP, or Blender &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be licensed under the GPL because it runs on the Linux kernel, which is licensed under the GPL. An application may run on Linux, but the majority of the code is its own. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, not all of the themes are WordPress themes. A good deal are just straight HTML and CSS. </p>
<p>Second, I still fail to see how you can argue that themes are derivative works. A derivative work, as defined by Wikipedia is <em> &quot;an expressive creation that includes major, copyright-protected elements of an original, previously created first work.&quot;</em> A theme starts out as an image in Photoshop, and then is built up with CSS and HTML, and then lastly has a few function calls from WordPress added in. The vast majority of the end product is purely original. It&#039;s like arguing that a software package like Firefox, GIMP, or Blender <em>must</em> be licensed under the GPL because it runs on the Linux kernel, which is licensed under the GPL. An application may run on Linux, but the majority of the code is its own. </p>
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		<title>By: photomatt</title>
		<link>https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/05/18/themeforest-adds-multi-project-licensing/#comment-8266</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[photomatt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 02:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would we do that? It&#039;s not even legal and it&#039;d be supporting someone actively violating the GPL which is at the heart of WordPress. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would we do that? It&#039;s not even legal and it&#039;d be supporting someone actively violating the GPL which is at the heart of WordPress. </p>
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