Comments on: Another Change of Clothes http://coreythompson.com/2007/07/another-change-of-clothes/ ...but I'm right! Get yer historical hero clay figurines now! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:22:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1-10026 hourly 1 By: MrCorey http://coreythompson.com/2007/07/another-change-of-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-2108 MrCorey Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:54:57 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=852#comment-2108 That is so true. As usual, your words are wise. I thought the same thing about web code, but I think that such licensing still has validity because its difficult to justify a slight "re branding" and then releasing a theme with embedded code for sponsored sites of an icky flavor, like we've seen lately. I'm not saying that this would prevent that, but it might be that extra bit that keeps it from happening to a theme. Who knows. I'm glad that Srini G wrote this code so that I didn't have to. I'm not a web programmer. I'm just a hack.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2108','MrCorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2108','MrCorey','That is so true. As usual, your words are wise. I thought the same thing about web code, but I think that such licensing still has validity because its difficult to justify a slight \"re branding\" and then releasing a theme with embedded code for sponsored sites of an icky flavor, like we\'ve seen lately. I\'m not saying that this would prevent that, but it might be that extra bit that keeps it from happening to a theme. Who knows. I\'m glad that Srini G wrote this code so that I didn\'t have to. I\'m not a web programmer. I\'m just a hack.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> That is so true. As usual, your words are wise. I thought the same thing about web code, but I think that such licensing still has validity because its difficult to justify a slight “re branding” and then releasing a theme with embedded code for sponsored sites of an icky flavor, like we’ve seen lately. I’m not saying that this would prevent that, but it might be that extra bit that keeps it from happening to a theme. Who knows. I’m glad that Srini G wrote this code so that I didn’t have to. I’m not a web programmer. I’m just a hack.
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]]> By: hari http://coreythompson.com/2007/07/another-change-of-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 hari Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:33:18 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=852#comment-2104 I don't think you're legally obligated to release your theme... I think the point about "sharing" the source when you share the "binary" is moot because PHP is source code only and if you do release your theme, you automatically comply with the GPL. If you don't release your modified theme, the GPL clause about releasing the "source" doesn't apply to you. Besides GPL is very hard to apply to website code. It seems more applicable to compiled applications.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2104','hari'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2104','hari','I don\'t think you\'re legally obligated to release your theme... I think the point about \"sharing\" the source when you share the \"binary\" is moot because PHP is source code only and if you do release your theme, you automatically comply with the GPL. If you don\'t release your modified theme, the GPL clause about releasing the \"source\" doesn\'t apply to you.\n\nBesides GPL is very hard to apply to website code. It seems more applicable to compiled applications.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don’t think you’re legally obligated to release your theme… I think the point about “sharing” the source when you share the “binary” is moot because PHP is source code only and if you do release your theme, you automatically comply with the GPL. If you don’t release your modified theme, the GPL clause about releasing the “source” doesn’t apply to you.

Besides GPL is very hard to apply to website code. It seems more applicable to compiled applications.

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]]> By: MrCorey http://coreythompson.com/2007/07/another-change-of-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 MrCorey Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:48:26 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=852#comment-2106 Thanks, hari. That's what I was going for. I think that this time, I got the colors bright enough to offset the starkness of a simple design. I was going to use the Classic theme as a mechanical base, but I knew that I'd have to change some of the qualities of the content container to ensure that it had a minimum width. Otherwise, it would truncate the Site Title (the fixed width sidebar floats over top of it). Then I found Evanescence (and Fluid Blue) and said to myself, "That's the layout!" And, of course, GPL licensed code appeals to me too. That means, yes, this theme is GPL too, but I am not going to release my version to the public. Its just a hack that anyone can do with a few hours of studying the Codex. :mrgreen:<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2106','MrCorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2106','MrCorey','Thanks, hari. That\'s what I was going for. I think that this time, I got the colors bright enough to offset the starkness of a simple design. I was going to use the Classic theme as a mechanical base, but I knew that I\'d have to change some of the qualities of the content container to ensure that it had a minimum width. Otherwise, it would truncate the Site Title (the fixed width sidebar floats over top of it). Then I found Evanescence (and Fluid Blue) and said to myself, \"That\'s the layout!\" And, of course, GPL licensed code appeals to me too. That means, yes, this theme is GPL too, but I am not going to release my version to the public. Its just a hack that anyone can do with a few hours of studying the Codex. :mrgreen:'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks, hari. That’s what I was going for. I think that this time, I got the colors bright enough to offset the starkness of a simple design. I was going to use the Classic theme as a mechanical base, but I knew that I’d have to change some of the qualities of the content container to ensure that it had a minimum width. Otherwise, it would truncate the Site Title (the fixed width sidebar floats over top of it). Then I found Evanescence (and Fluid Blue) and said to myself, “That’s the layout!” And, of course, GPL licensed code appeals to me too. That means, yes, this theme is GPL too, but I am not going to release my version to the public. Its just a hack that anyone can do with a few hours of studying the Codex. :mrgreen:
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]]> By: hari http://coreythompson.com/2007/07/another-change-of-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-2107 hari Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:27:35 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=852#comment-2107 Very neat and clean theme. I like it a lot. Simplicity in web design appeals greatly to me.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2107','hari'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2107','hari','Very neat and clean theme. I like it a lot. Simplicity in web design appeals greatly to me.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Very neat and clean theme. I like it a lot. Simplicity in web design appeals greatly to me.
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