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URGENT: i am confused what i am legally allowed to edit and not edit... (4 posts)

  1. wordpress11111
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    Posted 9 months ago #

    in relation to the free themes you can search for through wordpress. i am referring to the code above the footer and in the footer where the copyrighted link is. what can i edit and not edit?

  2. peredur
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    If you want legal advice consult a lawyer.

    Giving any kind of advice here would be dangerous. So if you think what you intend to do, having read the license, might be illegal, consult a lawyer.

    Seriously

    PAE

  3. sixhours
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    Agree w/ peredur--for nitty gritty legal advice, lawyer up.

    That said, I'm under the impression that themes in the free repository are required to use a GPL compatible license and must specify that license in the theme files. Check the theme's style.css file to see if the one you're looking at specifies a license URL with more information. That should give you an idea of what modifications are allowed.

  4. peredur
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    And, I guess, for completeness:

    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

    PAE

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