Hello! i want to start web design as freelancer. I can install and use most CMS systems. I prefer systems which have css themes so i can easy modify them to my needs. Its quite hard to code a responsive theme for cross browser/device, or stuff like "Coded with validXHTML, CSS and tested for WCAG Priority 2 Conformance." For now i would like to use solid pre-made themes to build on-top of them. The problem is the deep licence jungle. For Wordpress i found this very good framework theme called Underscores: http://underscores.me/ . Its a bit raw to start. Can some one suggest themes or licences wich are free to modify and resell them in my webdesign service? I dont mind the CMS, also non-CMS variants would be interessting. For my own promotional website i have found this free GPL theme for wordpress: http://www.simplywp.net/boosan-theme.html (the cost version of the same theme has the same licence) its legal to modify it in any way and use it comercial, but only as client, not for reselling, as the author responded to my request. Thanks for your answers!
why not create a html theme from scratch, then hire someone to help you convert it from html into a CMS type theme? The legal mumbo jumbo is crazy, but as a rule, you cant resell someone elses work, you can however, take someone elses work and be paid to make changes to it, provided that the end user still retains a valid license to use the specific theme. As such, you wouldnt be able to take a theme (free or not) and sell it en mass, but you could find a client that uses a theme and modify it for them.
Sir; open source themes can be freely downloaded and modified. These themes typically come with a license that allows users to modify and distribute them according to their needs. This means that users have the freedom to customize the themes to suit their specific requirements without any restrictions. Open source themes foster collaboration and innovation within the developer community, as they encourage sharing of improvements and enhancements.