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Is this the end of premium Wordpress themes?


I’ve watched with interest as the premium Wordpress designers have struggled, some graciously others less so, whilst trying desperately to apply restrictive licenses to property derived from code that is already protected by a well established general public license.
I have previously argued that it was impossible to prevent the future release of a modified or [...]

Posted : 15 July 2009

Categories : WordPress

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Free open source Wordpress theme consultation for self publishing writers


Everyone has at least one good book inside them. Or at least that is what the age old adage tells us. Sadly however, many of those books never see the light of day as a result of many writers simply not getting the publicity and attention they deserve.
Blogging is the obvious answer to the publicity [...]

Posted : 30 January 2009

Categories : Blogging, Books, Publishing, WordPress, Wordpress Theme

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Reopening a Premium Wordpress theme can of worms


A few months ago I wrote a post entitled When Premium Wordpress themes and open source ethics collide. It received a lot of interest and sparked a healthy debate that still, occasionally, rears its head.
The main thrust of my argument was that it was ethically wrong to actively prevent the further development of any theme [...]

Posted : 23 January 2009

Categories : Blogging, Design, Themes, WordPress, Wordpress Theme

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