Headway is released under the GPLv2. Right from their site. If you purchase this from them you have certain rights as per the GPL.
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1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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Sorry, had not had my coffee when I answered that. He does not have permission, but there is little we can do. We have deleted him from our customers so he no longer has access to official updates and support. This guy is nothing but a crook. Thanks for the email. We were made aware of him early this week.
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Grant Griffiths
http://headwaythemes.com
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And these guys know he's well within his rights too. Check out how they word their ToS. No mention of the actual software, but the service. You're paying to access the download updates and the support. Because GPLv2 let's everyone do what they want with the code.
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* Member agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service without the express written permission by Headway Themes, LLC. With the exception to those as authorized by the GPL version 2.0 license (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU/GPLv2).
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