Coffee Lite

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by admin in Theme Release | 26 responses

Coffee Lite Theme is a minimalist blogging theme modded from the popular premium theme Coffee Break from WooThemes.

Mod we made from the original theme:
- Removed subheader bar for minimal look.
- Minimal theme options.
- Widgetized footer.

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Download

coffeelite.zip (390.1 KiB, 839 hits)

Changelog:
2009/11/04
*Updated copyright notice.

2009/11/05
*Updated copyright notice once again in the source file to further comply with GPL.
*Removed subheader bar for archive to sidebar.
*Added comments in post meta.
*Added original author and orignal theme credit in footer.

26 Responses to “Coffee Lite”

Elpie 4 November 2009 at 1:02 pm #

If a commercial theme is released under the GNU/GPL then you can redistribute it free, under the same license. You don’t need to mod it first. However, the license also requires that the original copyright notices remain intact. In this theme you have removed WooThemes copyright notices and added your own. This is not in the spirit of the GPL and it exposes you to legal risks for copyright infringement.
What you need to do is to leave the WooThemes credits in the source files (including style.css) and simply add your own notices eg. “Modifications (c)Premium Mod”. This means that WooThemes license is respected and you get credit for whatever mods you make.
admin 4 November 2009 at 2:47 pm #

@elpie: I’ve made the modification (by leaving the WooThemes credits to the download. I’ve also drop an email to you for further clarification. Thanks again.
Andrew 5 November 2009 at 4:40 pm #

Might I also be so bold as to suggest that the “Made by” link that is displayed in the footer should include “Made by {link to original} and Premium Mod”?
admin 5 November 2009 at 5:04 pm #

@andrew: We’d love to give the credit in the footer but by including the original author in the ‘Made by’ part would certainly confuse the users. It might gave the wrong impression that the original author has part in the mod too.
Andrew 5 November 2009 at 5:17 pm #

@admin (if that is your real name): Good point, I’m sure the original authors would not want to be credited with changes they did not make; however, I have faith that an appropriate combination of words could be produced that would not cause undue confusion.
admin 5 November 2009 at 6:17 pm #

@andrew: We’ve updated the footer credit. Take a look!
Anto 8 November 2009 at 10:22 pm #

Uh, its just a file inside the zip.. did something wrong?
admin 8 November 2009 at 11:43 pm #

anto: Can you try again? Does it work now?
Andy Beard 10 November 2009 at 5:07 am #

Would I ever suggest using a theme with 4 footer links?

One is bad enough

Next we are going to see people insisting that internal RSS widgets for theme owners are left intact.

You don’t see Michel Valdrighi with a footer link on every WordPress installation and the WP default blogroll sill skews the web though not to delveloper blogs any more.
admin 10 November 2009 at 11:44 am #

@andy: you are totally free to remove every single footer links
depannage mac paris 23 November 2009 at 5:12 pm #

nice theme….
ithemes 26 November 2009 at 3:15 am #

nice,
added to my theme site.