Misunderstanding The GPL License +

But, this week the redistribution of Mimbo was taken a step further by Michael Oeser, who changed the name to Branford Magazine, thus relieving him of any GPL issues. He also added some bits from Structure (Justin Tadlock) and Revolution (Brian Gardner), though anyone viewing the source code can see it’s 90% Mimbo with a new paint job.

Darren Hoyt, creator of the wonderful Mimbo theme for WordPress after the release of his Blandford theme. But so many points are wrong in Darren’s whine reasoning:

• A name change does not relieve of the GPL issues
• GPL license allows to redistribute, with or without links. Whether in altered form or in original form
• Brian Gardner’s revolution is copyrighted.

To resume, a whine. A whine because the GPL doesn’t call for ethics, but wants the source to be credited (in code is sufficient - although I do doubt the Blandford theme credits in the code).