Removal of Open-Source Software Footer

[dezinerite]

Is it completely legal to remove the "Powered by Wordpress" on Wordpress blogs?

I also want to edit a theme under the Creative Commons license and have only my site's url on the footer.

Thanks in advance.

 

[guix]

Is it completely legal to remove the "Powered by Wordpress" on Wordpress blogs?

Yes because WP's licence is the GPL and you can do this with GPL.

I also want to edit a theme under the Creative Commons license and have only my site's url on the footer.

Depends on the CC type, you know there's not only 1 CC licence. Check here. Latest CC trunc is V3.0 and if the template author has selected "Attribution" you can't have just your URL, if he has selected "No Derivative Works" you can't edit the template. If not sure contact the author.

 

[flamewalker]

guix is right... read their website (if they have one)... usually somewhere on the page it will say something about a link required to remain on the template for free use. If not, the best course is to ask.

 

[Peter]

guix there is also more than 1 GPL licence which have a big difference in wording.

Many software packages have a disclaimer that you cannot remove the footer text. How this would hold up over the licence if the licence itself does not prohibit it is another matter.

Some software packages give you the option to delete the footer text for a donation.

 

[guix]

Yes Peter, maybe some or all GPL (1,2 and 3) are compatible with such a disclaimer indeed, I don't know. I think I checked some months ago for Wordpress but the best is always to contact the authors if there's a doubt.

 

[dezinerite]

I've seen quite a bit of blogs around that look a whole lot like Wordpress blogs - without the link-back...=/