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Originally Posted by Smut
The graphics are copyright. The code is not.
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nice to see you took a look to the terms of GPL license
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Originally Posted by fris
exactly.
if they had a linkback to the author and not all these spam links, plus adding crap to wordpress dashboard, i would be fine with it.
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it's not what you're fine with or not, or your feelings or your sense of justice. It's about you cracking code and distributing the crack so other people can steal. Please tell me how this is different to stealing movies, removing watermarks, distributing warez and such. Again, since you seem to miss the point:
YOU ARE FREE NOT TO USE THE THEME IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEIR CONDITIONS
what is so difficult to understand about that?
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Originally Posted by candyflip
This is pretty much it right here. End of Story.
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nice to see you took a look to the terms of GPL license
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Originally Posted by Robocrop
Releasing themes with encoded links are like leaving your wallet on the street and think someone wont take it. If they release a free theme...expect people do encode and remove the links.
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it's like.... say... creating content? oooh, then why don't we go to rapidshare, download a few TB and make it all ours.... after all, stealing is OK because they released it
And a final thing: whoever thinks this is safe is absolutely wrong. You're risking to be sued because you're too cheap to pay for a theme and too shady to steal copyrighted/protected work. And we're talking about themes that aren't exactly "out of this world", there are thousands that are better and don't have those links or obscured code. Do you really, really, REALLY need those themes? Then comply with their terms or arrange a payment to people that worked on it or whatever. Otherwise, don't use them, it's not like the world will ends or you won't find anything better FOR FREE.
Either way, what worries me is that this thread is a pretty exact description of what's going on in online business, and very specifically, adult business. TBH, I would have never expected some of the replies in this thread, at least not in public. But well, you learn something every day.