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1. undoIT
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am wondering about the legality of copyright notices and encrypted bits of code in WordPress themes. Usually a copyright notice looks like this and it may or may not have encrypted code under it:

   <!-- WARNING: DO NOT CHANGE THE FOLLOWING CODE, CHANGING IT WILL VIOLATE THE COPYRIGHT AND STOP THE THEME WORKIN AUTOMATICALLY -->

   Considering that WordPress itself is licensed GNU/GPL, is it legal for theme designers to include encrypted footer links and copyright notices within the footer.php file or other files?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Providing that the theme authors are not releasing their themes under GNU/GP, it's perfectly legal.

3. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It's legal, but I wouldn't use them. Better to find something that's GPL and customize if need be.

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