Is it proper to remove the credits of a CSS?

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    drmike · Member ·

    FSF disagrees with you, Wank.

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    swallick · Member ·

    You can alter a GNU GPL-licensed theme in absolutely any way that you like; however, if you release that theme to the public, ie, to distribute it, then there are some stipulations.

    It’s a bit ridiculous for a theme author to licensed a theme with the GNU GPL and then complain about people modifying it.

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    mark · Member ·

    http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/

    Finally many of these themes try to legally disallow you from removing the advertising link by claiming it’s part of the Creative Commons attribution to leave it. This is almost funny, because these themes are on shaky legal ground themselves. WordPress is Free, meaning you’re free to do pretty much anything you like with it. It’s under a license that encourages user freedom called the GPL, which says if you distribute something that links internal functions and data structures of a GPL program (like themes do with WordPress) that also needs to be Free. At best, theme authors claiming you can’t remove the link are ignoring or ignorant of the license issues, at worst they’re actively exploiting the work of thousands of volunteers that have poured their blood, sweat, and tears into WordPress.
    The above was written by Matt.

    Ignore the Creative Commons – the fact is the visible link is not required.

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    sunburntkamel · Member ·

    the visible link isn’t required, which is nothing new.
    the point of the linked article is that the copyright notice can’t be removed, if it’s visible on the theme. this doesn’t diminish matt’s point, either. in order to stipulate that a sponsored entity remain, the designer would have to sell the copypright (c.f. cutline)

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    theinnercircle · Member ·

    wow… I’ve stirred up a bit of trouble with this thread. All for good reasons I’m sure.
    There is a question though… I have made the colors the same as the background. Since this debate has been settled; how can I remove the name of the CSS designer and link placed at the bottom.

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    wank · Member ·

    #footer a {display:none}

    There, now you can go ahead and pretend it’s all your own work. It won’t fool anyone who’s been around WP longer than five minutes, but never mind.

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    drmike · Member ·

    It won’t fool anyone who’s been around WP longer than five minutes

    You forget what happened with the mistylook theme and all of the “folks who had been around for more than five minutes” who thought I had designed it. :)

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