[wp-forums] Was I right in closing this?

[Michael B]

> Just respect the GPL and don't worry about who is asking for what. 9
> times out of 10 someone asking for plugin code raises awareness for
> other people about cool add-ons for WP. That benefits everyone.
> Whether something costs money to DL is irrelevant. So, in my
> perspective, closing a thread just because someone is asking for a
> free download link is rather draconian and doesn't serve the community
> in general.

Where does it end then?  A Swap Meet forum for sharing paid
themes/plugins? Mind you, I'm just asking, I don't have any skin in the
game so to speak when it comes to paid themes/plugins, and have my own
very strong opinions on the subject.  I'm simply asking whether wp.org
support forums is the proper place for this to go on.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Michael B wrote:
>>> On a side note...  Is Gravity Forms GPL or commercial anyways? Because
>>> seriously, upon reflection I wonder if that topic owner had a point...
>>>
>>> According to http://www.gravityforms.com/terms-and-conditions/ it is
>>> licensed GPL. But you can't get it without paying? Seems kinda
>>> sketch, as my
>>> teens would say...
>>>   
>> Certainly not the place for a license war, but I don't think anything
>> precludes a plugin author from licensing a plugin as GPL, and then
>> charging for some kind of support cost to download the plugin. A GPL
>> license wouldn't prevent anyone from giving that plugin away though.
>>
>> Now whether wp.org wants to support people asking for/sharing free
>> copies of a paid plugin is another story. I'd lean towards those type
>> threads being closed/deleted as has been done.
>>
>>
>> But again, not intending to flame that fire, it's been done adnaseum on
>> other lists, forums, blog posts…
>>
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