[wp-forums] copy of wordshell

[Mika A Epstein]

Oh and its contact at wordshell.net. <mailto:contact at wordshell.net>
> Mika A Epstein <mailto:ipstenu at ipstenu.org>
> September 28, 2012 8:25 AM
> Yes it is.
>
> He is SELLING it. You are asking to take it and give it away.
>
> GPL doesn't mean 'free as in beer.'
>
> Of course you can, via the GPL, do this. I'm just saying you shouldn't.
>
> I'll put it this way. If you steal a plugin from WPMU plugins and 
> attempt to put it up in the WordPress.org forums, you will be banned 
> so fast your head will spin. It's not a matter of GPL, it's a matter 
> of humanity. Let us not play Devs against Humanity.
>
> Stuart Matthews <mailto:stuart at islogistics.com>
> September 28, 2012 8:23 AM
> 1) I scoured his website and even the whois records for his email 
> address, couldn't find it. This was a choice of the dev to not be 
> easily found.
> 2) If it is GPLv2 licensed, then it isn't a "jerk" thing to do. The 
> license specifically gives permission to share the software. You can't 
> get nerd credit for using GPL and then not be OK with people sharing 
> the software.
>
> - Stuart
>
>
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