By: Barry
Because then they wouldn’t get update notifications. I think you’re reading my comment from the opposite direction that it is intended. I’m not a “free”dom person. 100% the opposite. I just don’t like...
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@Barry – The “free”dom comment wasn’t directed to you. It harkens back to the big debate we all had several months ago about GPL themes…. Especially the big debate we had at WordCamp MidAtlantic… yeah,...
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@Benjamin -Sorry, I thought I was only getting emails from replies, turns out I’m getting them for all comments.
View ArticleBy: donnacha | WordSkill
It is pretty funny that people who make their living standing on the shoulders of all those who have freely contributed to the WordPress project over the years, people whose businesses would not exist...
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@donnacha – Funny or not, I think unclear rules (and “the spirit” isn’t a rule) make people think again about the platform and whether they should bother spending time developing and releasing...
View ArticleBy: donnacha | WordSkill
Akismet is probably the perfect example of a free plugin. If I remember correctly, almost everyone uses it, fully-featured, for free but if you have a massive site and subject the service to unusually...
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@Barry – If a developer’s certainty as to the commercial viability of a project on the WordPress platform is so tenuous, he should really be considering a different platform. I mean, if you design a...
View ArticleBy: that girl again
So, still no plugin equivalent to http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial and a definite ‘no’ to it happening at any time in the future? If I were a plugin developer I’d be pretty pissed that...
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As I see it, WordPress plugin authors who are worried about making money should spend less time agitating for access to the plugin repository Agree entirely. I’ve not put a plugin in the repository, or...
View ArticleBy: JLeuze
I dunno, Akismet seems like a non-issue. How is it any different than a Flickr or Vimeo plugin? You can’t use those without an account, and they have free and paid accounts, just like Akismet…
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