Theme license with Jquery isotope

The licenses for style.css and readme.txt don’t really matter. Everything bundled within a theme that’s been submitted to the official theme repository must be licensed under a GPL-compatible license, which Isotope isn’t. You’ll have to find a replacement for Isotope that’s released under a GPL-compatible license or rework the theme so it doesn’t use Isotope.

Thanks stepen,
Still have some confusion though. I found that isotope for free can be used under MIT license and also MIT is GPL compatible license. So cant we submit our theme under MIT license.

Thanks again

This came up on the theme-reviewers mailing list recently, actually. Chip Bennett himself says here that Isotope is a no-go.

Hi @bijay,

First, for Theme Review-related questions or issues, please use the Theme-Trac ticket system first. If your Theme is not-approved in a ticket, please post comments in that ticket, to try to resolve the issue. It is the fastest, easiest, and most-efficient way to ensure we answer your questions.

Second, regarding jQuery Isotope: the license isn’t GPL-compatible. The developer claims that Isotope can be used under the terms of the MIT license – as long as it isn’t used commercially. While the developer is fully within his rights to use such license terms, they don’t make sense, and they’re not compatible with the GPL.

Both GPL and MIT don’t impose usage restrictions; but the Isotope imposes a use restriction: commercial use requires a license purchase. I’m not even sure that the developer would have an actionable copyright infringement case if someone who uses Isotope under the “Open Source” license distributes his non-commercial code to someone else, who then uses that code for commercial purposes. Nevertheless, the official Theme Directory must protect end users against such license ambiguity.

Thanks for the info. Will keep note on that.