I’ve been informed by Envato Legal Team (via Customer Support) that any Ghost 3.x.x installation using the default Members and Subscriptions features will require a ThemeForest Extended License, not the Regular License and pricing shown on the ghost.org/marketplace/ . This can be misleading to Ghost…

Envato have now completed the updates to their licensing: We are pleased to confirm that we have made changes to the Regular License terms for items in the Blogging category in Themeforest. The changes mean that items within this category , which includes Ghost themes, may be used for monetized me…

John I appreciate your weighing in here. It seems important to hear from you on this.

@John Thank you for weighing in on this and getting involved. I think it’s paramount to the community to have clear legal guidelines from it’s partners, especially with the prominent placement and tight integration ThemeForest is given in the marketplace. You’ve been CC’d on my conversation with th…

Has there been any update from Envato/ThemeForest on this issue? I’ve had clients drop Ghost this past month instead of waiting it out.

I’m literally laughing over this. I’m being one of those ignored voices, that reclaims further support on the themes side from the Ghost organization. A few of use are not deverlopers (we may be able to maintain a server, but we are not good enough to translate the default themes and keep them up-t…

I heard back from Themeforest and they are, so far, sticking with requiring an Extended license if a Ghost Install makes use a of paywall feature. John was copied on my ticket and I know there are others in the system as well. I’ve asked to be escalated to someone at Envanto to have this stupid pol…

@John have you got any feedback yet? I am an exclusive author at envato. And I am also worried about this.

Have reached out 2x via support tickets and 2x via members of staff in the partners team - so far still no response from anyone there. I’ll try one more time now as a last effort, if there’s still no response then we’ll figure out what to do from there.

Thanks for your efforts @John .

Hi everyone - just a quick update here cause I know there are several people waiting. I chatted with the team at Envato today in detail, and we’re actively working together to find a solution will work for everyone. Their license is nuanced and has to account for a huge range of products in their m…

3.x.x themes on Themeforest require Extended License

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John January 15, 2020, 5:45am 13

I wasn’t copied on that last response, but I’ll reach out now to their partnership team separately.

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3.x.x themes on Themeforest require Extended License

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