|
Theme Copyright missing. What should the Author do ?
|
| Ankur |
Posted on 02-03-2011 16:34
|
Admin
Posts: 1291
Joined: 02/11/2010
|
Hello all,
I was just going through the Referrers of my website and I found a website to be using a theme without the Copyright added. The Theme was made by me and it is having a little link-back to my site with the Theme Author name(me).
So, please tell me that whether it is legal to do that ? I mean under the License...
Because I don't think that the website is having any License as it seems to e running on Free License.
Also tell me, if one has License for Copyright removal, then whether he/she is able to Remove or modify the Copyrights related to the Themes they are using(made by anyone) or not ?
For your convenience, the site is : http://www.pciran...
Thank You
Regards,
Ankur Thakur
|
| |
|
|
| Craig |
Posted on 02-03-2011 17:06
|
Fusioneer
Posts: 3980
Joined: 27/09/2005
|
No if he has purchased a Copyright Removal License then that is only to remove the Footer notice PHP-Fusion Copyright and it does not cover Themes, so no theme copyright should ever be removed.
This is Behrooz site I will speak to him.
EDIT: Ankur Come on MSN a minute and we will resolve this.
|
| |
|
|
| behrooz |
Posted on 02-03-2011 17:32
|
Member
Posts: 110
Joined: 25/08/2009
|
i when chang to persian site , footer not show good
So i Disabled only your copyright 20 min (no Disabled PHP-Fusion copyright )
i must add after cellspacing='0' : dir='rtl' , So your copy right not show good ,
now can see yourcopy right
|
| |
|
|
| Craig |
Posted on 02-03-2011 17:34
|
Fusioneer
Posts: 3980
Joined: 27/09/2005
|
Great resolved in just under 1 hour very good.
Thanks Behrooz.
|
| |
|
|
| HobbyMan |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:46
|
Super Admin
Posts: 1501
Joined: 24/03/2007
|
Other people should note that paying for a licence to remove the PHP-Fusion copyright does NOT entitle you to remove any other author titles or credits *. That must negotiated separately with the author(s).
I realise this case was an oversight and put right very quickly. But, some may not see the distinction.
* This does not count for Core themes released in the download package.
|
| |
|
|
| Ankur |
Posted on 03-03-2011 13:38
|
Admin
Posts: 1291
Joined: 02/11/2010
|
Oh ! I got it... And this applies to every thing, i.e, mod panels and addons stuff...
Thanks to you all, for your Response...  You gave me another suitable and useful Tip for the future and so to the others
Anyways, Thanks to you Fangree for your kind help regarding this and Behrooz for taking necessary actions quickly...
Regards,
Ankur
Merged on Aug 06 2011 at 15:17:50:
Sorry to Woke Up the sleeping thread again but can anyone suggest me that What should I do if there is no response regarding the Warning made by the Author to the Violator ?
My Theme also comes in the category of Open source when I have included the AGPL Licence Header in the theme file (which we usually included in all mods) so it means that I can contact his Host regarding the issue and License violation ? 
Edited by Ankur on 06-08-2011 09:48
|
| |
|
