New License Discussion - Authors using items in their themes

Kris32 said

djwd said

Kris32 said
I’m a little bit confused, I just contacted the author of the “Layer Slider WP” and he said that if we (authors) buy an extended license for (example) slider plugin, we can redistribuite that slider into an our theme. He said that this feature hasn’t changed yet.

Some of the staff can explain me this??

Well fortunately that author cleared it all up, now I can safely ignore 17 pages discussion thread, Collis and other staff’s posts.

So, who is wrong?

I guess the Layer Slider’s author doesn’t understand (yet) the new “extended” license. No you can’t redistribute CC item inside your item, unless you’ve bought the plugin before the new license applied. Correct me if I’m wrong

@PrimeThemes – I would suggest to read whole thread and you’ll get the answer. It was mentioned thousand times.

OK so we’re also confused:

We – as an author – CANNOT give permission to our customers about including our products in their themes (if they purchased an extended license of course)?

Thanks for all your input guys! For the authors still wondering about the use of items in other stock files, please refer to my post on page ten and any of the posts before that that answer these questions.

Corius said
Hi, I have a remark about the tool definition in the tool license: “An installable software application designed to perform specific tasks in order to create other works. Tools include fonts, extensions, 3D software scripts, 3D software plug-ins, and graphics software add-ons.” I think this definition is too restrictive: I develop some flash stuff on Activeden, among which some AS3 class. Basically AS3 class are nothing more than scripts, but not 3D ones, they are not really ‘installable’ as I don’t make real flash component out of them. They are not real software add-ons as you can not only use them with Flash (of course), but also with any AS3 coding tool. The way you describe a “tool” (in the ‘tool license’ way of it), sounds like the list of tool is exhaustive, but I think any item consisting of a piece of code could be considered as a tool whatever its language and not only 3D software scripts. There is another problem: when I make an item consisting in a standalone swf stuff (menu, full site template, loading anim, ... whatever stuff). My final product is this swf file. As a standalone item it doesn’t need the source code to be used. BUT, when I submit the item, the reviewer asks me to supply all the sources with the item. If all the sources are mine, fine (well, I’m still reluctant, but at least no license problem), but what if I used a purchased as3 class ? I don’t have the right to include it in my own item, AND my item doesn’t need the purchased file as it works fine as a swf, but the reviewer will still asks for it: regarding the license, my item is legal and can be selled, but because you request the source code, it will be breaching the license.

Beside this problem, I personally think that requesting to include the source code of a standalone swf is absurde as it make it simpler for the buyer to make illegal use of the source code (well, since he has it in clear code, doesn’t even need any decompiler)

kreatura said
OK so we’re also confused: We – as an author – CANNOT give permission to our customers about including our products in their themes (if they purchased an extended license of course)?

Probably if you give us your permission. I was about to buy an extended licence of your Layer Slider but I’m waiting for something clear. Otherwise I think we, as TF authors won’t buy extended licences but regular licences just for presentation…

I know I ain’t no moderator or anything, but since I ‘lost’ 30 mins to read the whole thread, I suggest people interested in topic to do the same to avoid polluting this already ‘hot’ thread with the same questions over and over again and making it hard to follow.

Scenario:

-Hey, Awesome plugin author, I want to use your plugin within my theme, but envato tells me to get a partnership with you, because extended licence does not cover that from now on.

-OK, here’s my partnership proposal: buy my plugins extended licence + gimme 0% of your theme sales. Interested?

-Cool! Agreed.

The end.

kreatura said
(if they purchased an extended license of course)?

Under the extended license, is it okay to use a Videohive AfterEffects element, not just as part of a video reveal, but as part of the logo itself? If so, can that logo (either still or in motion) be trademarked?

supermindapps said
Under the extended license, is it okay to use a Videohive AfterEffects element, not just as part of a video reveal, but as part of the logo itself? If so, can that logo (either still or in motion) be trademarked?

No. Currently the only categories that allows use in logos is the Logos category on GraphicRiver. Even then, because it’s a non-exclusive license, you can’t actually trademark the logo.