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I guess I missed all the brew-ha-ha and build up. Am I mistaken, or can you sell GPL software legally? Even if his themes fall under GPL licensing which is somehow enforced, what difference does it make? (other than ideologically?)

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Because I could then take the PHP portion of his theme (nobody is claiming te HTML and CSS are GPL) and resell it or give it away for free.

The derivative work must be released under GPL code as well, and thesis isn't http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

The is is whether themes are derivative works in the first place.

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