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  • July 4, 2016 at 10:50 am in reply to: Donate to Author, Promote GPL? #17426
    Brian Rice
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    I agree, those that can pay, usually do pay, those that don’t, don’t. GPL, provides a path for migration from one group to the other.

    July 1, 2016 at 10:44 am in reply to: Allow user to share their plugins #17417
    Brian Rice
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    Yeah, I would not download if it wasn’t strictly curated by trusted admins. But possibly the site could be opened up to trusted moderators to share the burden.

    For instance, I have an elegant themes account. I could (if had the time) monitor those themes and plugins.

    BTW, I am curious if the cheapskates that are downloading are donating to the website?

    I assume this is very time consuming and your time needs to be paid for somehow, unless you’re ultra-rich and doing this strictly for philanthropic reasons.

    June 30, 2016 at 12:08 pm in reply to: ThemeForest Themes #17410
    Brian Rice
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    Risk / reward I guess. The risk for a copyright holder suing them is pretty low. If they sue and lose it could jeopardize everything (legitimize sharing) vs. winning a few bucks squashing a single pirate site, when 10 more will pop up the next day. Better to let it be and chalk it up to “cost of doing business”.

    The court costs alone probably make it very unlikely.

    I used to think sharing GPL was a little shady myself, but then I realized- HEY, they chose that license. That is the way they want it. If I need support, I will pay for support.

    It would be nice if there was a donate to author button on the website. This would help encourage GPL I think. I always try and donate whenever I use something FREE to encourage the practice, especially if it is used for commercial purposes.

    June 30, 2016 at 10:51 am in reply to: ThemeForest Themes #17407
    Brian Rice
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    Most Themeforest themes are not GPL, therefore illegal to share. Enfold is not GPL.

    HERE ARE ALL THE THEMEFOREST GPL THEMES…

    http://themeforest.net/collections/3516382-100-gpl-wordpress-themes?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort_by=sales_count&type_id=3516382

    HERE ARE ALL GPL PLUGINS…

    http://themeforest.net/collections/3238440-100-gpl-wordpress-plugins?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort_by=sales_count&type_id=3238440

    Please do not ask for items that are not GPL and get this website shutdown.

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