[wp-hackers] Re-Selling (your) free plugins

[Braydon]

And also the DUHT rule, Don't Use Horrible Typography.

On 08/01/2011 02:24 PM, Andy Charrington wrote:
> As far as i'm concerned he's breaking the biggest rule of them all. The
> DBADH rule. Dont Be A DickHead rule
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Nathaniel Taintor<
> goldenapplesdesign at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> FWIW, the guy has already changed his terms and is now offering his bundle
>> for free with no restrictions.
>>
>> This kind of thing happens fairly common, and as sleazy as it seems, is
>> probably not really a bad thing. As the saying goes, "any well-developed
>> ecosystem has its parasites" and it doesn't hurt the overall ecosystem.
>>
>> Best,
>> Than
>>
>> Nathaniel Taintor, Designer/Developer
>> *Golden Apples Design*
>> http://goldenapplesdesign.com
>>
>> @GoldenApples | 503.877.2880
>> goldenapplesdesign at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Braydon<ronin at braydon.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> In section 4. and in 6.b) detail the specifics of selling works, as far
>> as
>>> I have read:
>>> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/**gpl.html<
>> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
>>> tl;dr You can charge anything for verbatim conveying, and for non-source
>>> conveying, a source distribution should be included at no more than the
>> cost
>>> to physically perform.
>>>
>>> It would be worth contacting the Software Freedom Law Center over this,
>> not
>>> sure if Automattic has a relationship already with them....
>>> http://www.softwarefreedom.**org/<http://www.softwarefreedom.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/01/2011 10:01 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Note that re-selling GPL plugins is perfectly acceptable per the terms
>> of
>>>> the license. (The GPL explicitly allows for selling GPL-licensed works.)
>>>>
>>>> However, in this case, the GPL is violated in that the person selling
>> this
>>>> compilation claims that purchasers cannot give the compilation away for
>>>> free, but can only sell it for an equal ($9) or greater value.
>>>>
>>>> If he were to remove that restriction, as far as I can tell, he would be
>>>> in
>>>> complete compliance with GPL.
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:54 AM, 24/7<24-7 at gmx.net>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I got pointed to a thread on "Warrior Forums" (some online marketing
>>>>> forum),
>>>>> where someone (overnight211) states that you will gain "100% private
>>>>> label
>>>>> rights" on Plugins like "WP-DB Manager", "WP-Print" (and about 100
>> more)
>>>>> with a purchase of his plugin bundle. He also says that it's a "Perfect
>>>>> Product to Send To Your List Re-branded with your affliliate links". At
>>>>> some
>>>>> other comments you can read stuff like the following: "I have *Full
>>>>> Master
>>>>> Resale Rights* and Each One of the Plugins Listed Above Has Resale
>>>>> Privileges attached to them. Because of the Master Rights, I have the
>>>>> each
>>>>> developers *expressed permission* to offer *Private Label Rights* to
>> All
>>>>> Who
>>>>> Purchase WP Million Dollar Plugins".
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't comment on this, but want to encourage you to this yourself
>> right
>>>>> at
>>>>> the Warrior Forum. Maybe you're one of the plugin authors and want to
>>>>> contact him personally or through your law suit (or your friendly local
>>>>> hooligan team). I hope Automattic will jump in on some point too.
>> Here's
>>>>> the
>>>>> Link<
>>>>> http://www.warriorforum.com/**warrior-forum-classified-ads/**
>>>>> 424733-finally-money-making-**wp-plugins-instanly-turn-your-**
>>>>> boring-websites-into-35-625-**yr-atm-machines.html<
>> http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-forum-classified-ads/424733-finally-money-making-wp-plugins-instanly-turn-your-boring-websites-into-35-625-yr-atm-machines.html
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> Wish you best,
>>>>> Kaiser.
>>>>>
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