[wp-forums] Ethical Obligations for WordPress Users

[Jan Dembowski]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Andrew2.Nevins wrote:

Are there any implications for persons that use WordPress to promote shady
> business?
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> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/suggestions-needed-best-way-to-take-appointments-from-non-website-members?replies=1
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People can use free software for any purposes that they like and that snake
oil pitch is not even the worst of it. *shudder*

It a small price to pay for having a free platform. It would be nice if
everyone's ethical compass worked but that topic shows that's not always
the case.

We're under no obligation to reply or support that nonsense. In my opinion
that's really grey in that the user is asking how to pull that off with the
software. Any reply from me would be basically "Seriously, are you for
real?" which would not be helpful one way or the other.

I'll keep an eye on that topic, if it gets (more) spammy then I'll shut it
down. Or maybe another moderator will zap it, that works too.

Thanks,

Jan Dembowski