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leylap
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Lol the theme was free. I’m getting the vibe here that people that create free themes shouldn’t leave their stamp on it. Why do you think that?
It’s fine to code in a link for yoursself…. I code a link to my website in my themes
But it’s against the spirit of the GPL and open source in general I feel, to obfuscate the code
When you make an open source product, people are free to modify the product as they see fit, within the terms of the GPL license
You will not see any theme offered from WordPress, or from any reputable theme distributer engaging in such behaviour
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leylap
(@leylap)
That’s because WordPress is awesome and allows beginners like me to have a shot at creating their own website.
FYI, the reason you want to decode that stuff and not JUST remove it is that sometimes the dev will put in hooks so that IF you remove it, your theme will stop working. Or maybe that’s actually NOT what’s causing the link to show up :/
It’s a ‘know your enemy’ thing. Always know what you’re removing 🙂
