Comments on: My take on the sponsored themes discussion http://moshublog.com/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/ The combined blog: about WordPress, the Canadian Prairies and myself Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ZappoMan http://moshublog.com/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-9378 ZappoMan Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:05:21 +0000 http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/#comment-9378 Reading the fine print is a good thing... I do that too. One point that I also made in my post that seems to have been blown past by most readers is the fact that they shouldn't go and violate the licenses of the person who they download the theme from. If someone says "Here's my theme, you can use it, but don't remove the sponsored links" then they really are violating the license if they go and remove the links. There only other appropriate choice is to not use the theme. The thing about the Creative Commons license is that it's actually up to the publisher to specify the means of attribution. Now it may not be the original intent of the Create Commons team that people would use their branding in this manner... but the CC license is actually quite flexible in this regard... that's one reason why some people choose it. Anyway, thanks again for the mention. Reading the fine print is a good thing… I do that too.

One point that I also made in my post that seems to have been blown past by most readers is the fact that they shouldn’t go and violate the licenses of the person who they download the theme from.

If someone says “Here’s my theme, you can use it, but don’t remove the sponsored links” then they really are violating the license if they go and remove the links. There only other appropriate choice is to not use the theme. The thing about the Creative Commons license is that it’s actually up to the publisher to specify the means of attribution. Now it may not be the original intent of the Create Commons team that people would use their branding in this manner… but the CC license is actually quite flexible in this regard… that’s one reason why some people choose it.

Anyway, thanks again for the mention.

]]> By: Moshu http://moshublog.com/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-9373 Moshu Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:13:01 +0000 http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/#comment-9373 I either don't read or I read everything :) Also, I am the proverbial one in a million that reads all the "small print" on every document/contract and the long and boring TOS/Term of Use texts... I either don’t read or I read everything :)
Also, I am the proverbial one in a million that reads all the “small print” on every document/contract and the long and boring TOS/Term of Use texts…

]]> By: ZappoMan http://moshublog.com/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-9371 ZappoMan Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:50:39 +0000 http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/2007/04/23/my-take-on-the-sponsored-themes-discussion/#comment-9371 Wow, someone actually read my comment. Thanks for the shout-out... yes, I also agree with you that it's sad that no one on the whole thread seems to be able to participate in a cogent dialog on the topic. Wow, someone actually read my comment. Thanks for the shout-out… yes, I also agree with you that it’s sad that no one on the whole thread seems to be able to participate in a cogent dialog on the topic.

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