[consulting] New Premium Community Theme - Platino

[Larry Garfield]

If you have GPL and non-GPL PHP or Javascript already comingled, then you 
cannot distribute the theme in the first place.  You don't get to say "well, 
we'll work it out later."  Anyone who receives the theme from you is entitled 
to the PHP code used in it under the GPL.  If you are not, right now, 
following that then you do not, right now, have the right to distribute the 
theme yourself in the first place.

--Larry Garfield
Drupal Association Director of Legal Affairs

On Tuesday 14 April 2009 8:06:56 pm Ng Chin Kiong wrote:
> Mike, yes, template files (*.php) are all licensed under GPL. Modification
> term is covering the 'whole theme', which make up a theme. Does that make
> sense?
>
> As for the template files, we plan to release it to public through free
> themes that is already in our roadmap. Releasing the files without a theme
> is not useful to user. Besides, we've to clean up work to do, i.e.
> separating non GPL from the GPL, so that we don't infringe on other
> material licenses instead. =)
>
>
> Cheers,
> CK Ng
>
> forDrupal Premium Themes (http://fordrupal.com)
> - we make drupal beautiful
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Michael Prasuhn <mike at mikeyp.net> wrote:
> > You should also consider getting different legal advice, because you
> > can't restrict the modification and licensing of the actual template
> > files themselves. (i.e. any file in your theme that has PHP). All the
> > actual template files MUST be licensed under the GPL and you may not
> > place additional restrictions that infringe upon the rights granted in
> > the GPL.
> >
> > You are free to license CSS files and images as you see fit. Since they
> > are not part of the Drupal code base.
> >
> > I would not recommend that anyone buy themes from a vendor that does not
> > understand GPL licensing.
> >
> > -Mike

-- 
Larry Garfield
larry at garfieldtech.com