License Suggestions for Hugo Theme Developers

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For those using themes based on the GPL here’s some information which is relevant for publicly hosted Git repos now that theme components are a thing:

Licensing Suggestions for Theme Components

Kicking off this discussion as it’s sure to catch some with their pants down later. Let’s talk licensing for theme components! This is of particular interest to those who host their code in public GitHub repos as copying code to GitHub may constitute distribution if you check stuff into your repo. Ready? Okay, here goes… If your base theme is licensed under GPL (a strict copyleft license) the theme components you use to build your site should probably be compatible with the GPL. Here’s what th…