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Originally Posted by nkr1ptd [color=Indigo]First of all read the above responses to the template question, but just in case you missed the first two times we do NOT charge for the actual template but for our services to modify the template the way the clients want it to look. Logo, text, image modifications, etc. If your template is up on our site please let us know, and we will remove it. If your template is not on our site, then your template did not pass our marketing department reviews. As far as the experience-the owners do have the experience, however that does not mean that they are creating our customer templates or making chages to the GPLed templates. Also there is nothing in the GPL that says one cannot sell something that is GPLed. I don't see people complaining about someone charging a client for adding a shopping cart, or other features to their site and those modules and components are GPLed too. We just don't hide behind what we use-we put it out there for everyone. If a client signs up and wants to put Mambo and a template up themselves then that is fine. We will even install Mambo for them for FREE!!!! However, when we make changes to templates we have to charge for our services. Again go back and read any of the the template pages carefully and you will see.
Thanks and hope everyone has a great life!
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You'll have to excuse the "trepidation" a lot of people will have here. Not speaking for anyone else here, I have been around for a long, LONG time, and know most if the GPL templaters that have been released. Hell - I've ENVIED a lot of them, especially from iDigital and MamboSolutions....
But they were released as FREE templates for the use of the Mambo community. You have to expect that when they see a $300 or $400 price tag on them they're going to react. I'd be the first to cry foul if I saw one of my templates on your site trying to make money on something you didn't do... It's the nature of the business.
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Select a free design template from our gallery to give your business website a creative and unique look. Template pricing includes formatting the template design to meet your business needs, adding text and images for a 5-page website. We also offer additional services to suit your business web design needs.
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That came from your site - but it doesn't explain where the templates came from, nor does it give credit to the original authors. You make it seem like you did them yourself.
I don't think a "witch hunt", as you put it, was the case. It's the people who put in a lot of time and effort into the templates you're charging hundreds for trying to get you to understand that what you're doing is wrong.
Sell them as part of an overall package? Fine.
But give credit where credit is due - and maybe send them a percentage of every template of theirs that you sell.
Now I have to see if any of MY templates are there.... <sigh>