Selling discourse theme

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The discussion is about selling Discourse themes on third-party sites like Themeforest. WallBB inquired about the possibility of selling themes created on Discourse, and fefrei responded that it’s likely allowed, as themes mostly consist of CSS code and personal assets, not derivative works of Discourse’s GPL-licensed source code. However, fefrei recommends waiting for confirmation from Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. to be 100% safe.

Hi all,
I had a quick question regarding discourse themes, is it allowed to sell theme created on discourse on 3rd party sites such themeforest etc?
I am unable to find such information and that is why I wanted to know this.

I don’t see why this should be a problem (assuming, obviously, that you have the copyright for the theme you’re selling). :slight_smile:

While Discourse is GPL-licensed which requires derivative works to also be GPL-licensed, I’d say that considering a theme to be a derivative work is pretty far-fetched – most likely, you’re only shipping CSS code and your own assets anyway.
If you want to be​ 100​ % safe, wait for a reply from someone from Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. on this subject.

I different case could probably be made if your theme included significant portions of (modified) Discourse source code, e.g. handlebars templates.

Cool :slight_smile:
Glad to know this, I also don’t know if Themeforest or other websites allow selling discourse theme.