timber/starter-theme

Would it be possible to dual license it?

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dannycolin commented

Hi,

Would it be possible to dual license the starter-theme under the MIT License and the GPLv2+ License?

Why i'm asking that :

I'm working on a theme and I would like to release it under a GPLv2+ so that any derivative works would need to release their modifications under the same license. In other words, it would give us the choice to use a Copyleft license.

I know it is possible to license only my code under the GPL and keep yours under the MIT but I don't really like mixing licenses. It's not really convivial for people you want to reuse the code after that.

I also want to use a GPL License to respect the choice made by the Wordpress team [1].

There is some legal grey area regarding what is considered a derivative work, but we feel strongly that plugins and themes are derivative work and thus inherit the GPL license.

Of course, you can disagree ;) but it would be nice to let the user of the starter-theme to make their own choice.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read me.

dannycolin commented

Don't want to rush anyone but is that repository still active?

jarednova commented

Hi @dannycolin — sorry, you caught me when I was away on paternity leave. While Timber itself might pose some issues, the starter theme is meant to be just as much as an example/template vs. a piece of software.

You're free to dual-license this repo or convert to GPL if that suits your purposes better. Good luck!

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dannycolin commented

Thanks, it's really appreciate :).