I recently downloaded a Wordpress template from http://www.wpthemesfree.com/ that didn't have any indicators as to what if any licensing applied to it. I found in the code a note from the author to only download the template from one of two sites; the one I downloaded it from and the site: http://www.wpthemescreator.com/. I went to that site and on it states that all of their templates are licensed Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic. It also states that the authors only requirement for attribution is that the links in the footer are not removed. The problem is the links in the footer are not attribution links but advertisements for SuperbHosting.net.
So my question is do I need to retain those advertising links or since they are clearly outside the intent of the license can I replace them with an appropriate attribution? Give that there is no mention of a Creative Commons license anywhere in the work, I kind of wonder if the license on the website is more of scare tactic to prevent the footer links from being removed. Versus an honest attempt and licensing the template.
