Licensing on Themes

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    t0chn0st · Member ·

    Hello,

    What is the license status of the themes which WordPress offers as free?

    1) Can they be edited freely?
    2) Is it okay to remove or change footer notes?

    Thank you.

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    supportbot · Member ·

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    timethief · Member ·

    (1) We cannot edit templates or themes on free hosted WordPress.com blogs and that has nothing whatsoever to do with the themes being free. The same applies to premium themes purchased here as well. This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same template. Only Staff can access those files and edit, as every edit they make affects all blogs wearing the same theme. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    CSS editing cannot be used to change the way any theme functions. It can only be used to change appearnce and that’s clearly stated in support documentation.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

    (2) No

    May I remove credit links such as ‘Blog at !WordPress.com’, theme, font, or toolbar links?
    All WordPress.com bloggers are required to maintain the credit links, even our VIP bloggers. Please do not hide the footer credits or the toolbar with CSS after purchasing a Custom Design upgrade. Read more here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

    You cannot build or use your own custom theme built from scratch at WordPress.com.

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
    This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

    See also > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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    t0chn0st · Member ·

    Thank you for your answer however I understood that I posted the question on the wrong forum. My question was regarding the self-hosted blogs, totally my fault that I didn’t clarify that.
    Cheers.

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