Creative Commons question

waffles · 12-08-2006, 10:13 PM

I found a theme that I would love for my Wordpress blog. The only problem is that it is a fixed width and I want a fluid width one, so I went through and started editing the layout for it to fit my needs.

Than I figured I might as well check out the Creative Commons link that is in the sidebar.

What really gets me is that the guy built this theme off of someone else's. So it's not even a totally original work.

Does this actually mean that I can't just make it a fluid width for myself? If I do it anyway, will anything really happen? I don't plan on distributing it or anything, I just want a fluid version for my own blog.

The whole thing just confuses me. Mostly because if that is what it amounts to, it means that nothing about the theme can be changed, at all. Not even the header image.

StupidScript · 12-13-2006, 04:21 PM

The Creative Commons License offers you a way to accomplish your goals; ask the author. If the person who originally modified the theme (as you note) hewed to the license terms, there is an attribution somewhere that includes the original author's contact info, just for this purpose.

waffles · 12-14-2006, 07:07 AM

Not that it matters that much now anyway. I went with a different theme because I really wanted something different from what I had previously.

ryukenden · 05-05-2007, 02:31 AM

This is interesting. I think if you go for themes with GNU or GNI licenses, you could change the layout as long as you include original license, I think. Am I right?