I wanted to write open letter to all of you around MOJO’s stance regarding the GPL. It’s easily become the most debated topic around WordPress themes. If you have spent any time within the “Premium WordPress Theme” space you know where WordPress stands around themes and the GPL.
Today, we’re now in year 3 of the MOJO marketplaces being live. As we look towards the future of MOJO we’re excited about where we’re headed and we would like to keep our growth trending upward for years to come. As of right now, our current licensing for our WordPress themes and plugins do not match WordPress’ preferred terms.
As a result, we can’t sponsor or speak at WordCamps — and the same now goes for our sellers. With that being said, it’s time to make some tough decisions for the greater good of MOJO, our sellers and our community.
Since last year, we have been fortunate enough to have discussions with Matt (Thanks for the advice Matt!) about strengthening MOJO’s involvement around WordPress. In short, by switching our theme licensing to be “Full GPL”, we would see huge support from Matt, WordPress and the community. On top of that, getting back the ability to speak and sponsor at WordCamps and not to mention all of the other benefits our sellers will receive from this license change.
We are currently working towards having our licensing change to be fully compliant in regards to WordPress products. With the change we would have all WordPress themes and plugins sold on any MOJO Marketplaces will be licensed under the GPL.
A plus side to this change is we will be introducing new support licenses where we can let our sellers offer three different licensing options. This is an effort to ensure our sellers are receiving money for every person that buys their items and requests support. This will allow you to scale your business within the marketplace more efficiently.
We understand this may come as a shock to you so myself and Brady have our doors (emails) wide open for any questions or concerns. Also, we welcome any feedback on this matter in the comments below. As always, thanks for being a part of MOJO and shaping what this marketplace is today!
Thanks,
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J.R. Farr & Brady Nord
Founders of MOJO
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