[wp-hackers] Plugin Licensing

[Piyush Mishra]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Piyush Mishra <me at piyushmishra.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't think you got the whole idea as I was trying to put it. The
> source
> > code remains open source and ready to contribute for people who already
> do
> > that and it will always be. Why would WordPress close its source anyway?
> > Its about those people who write plugins and go all heights to make it
> paid
> > only. They will have to pay WordPress community back in cash.
> >
> > A lot of us pay back to the community in one way or the other.
> > But there are those who extend WordPress and sell their plugins.
> > Check this out:-
> > http://www.gravityforms.com/terms-and-conditions/
> > try getting the latest version of gforms and this one
> > http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/is-it-gpl (yes its true, css
> files
> > aren't covered).
> > My point is as WordPress users get helpless in such situations. we should
> > keep dual license to take care of that or take some action
> > (copyright infringement / demand giving php files out for free)
> >
> > The GPL does not preclude the selling of GPL-licensed code; in fact, it
> explicitly permits it. You have no legal (or moral) right to "demand" that
> they give their PHP files away for free.
>
> There is absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with what the GravityForms
> folks are doing.
>
>
Nope there is. as plugins donot interact only as a fork process to
WordPress, GPL sees it as a part of the software and thus, they are legally
bound to release their source code in public making it equally easy to
obtain as they have made the paid version (stripped off of the css n images)



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