Comments on: Cashing In On WordPress Plugin Development

By: Community Roundup: The Pay-for-Plugins Edition | WPCandy

Community Roundup: The Pay-for-Plugins Edition | WPCandy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:06:29 +0000

[...] and the amount of money they receive through donations or in many cases, the lack of donations. WPTavern.com has a good writeup on this subject as does Kevin Eklund of Tomuse.com. The bottom line: Plugin authors are not making [...]

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:54:36 +0000

@Michael Torbert Michael. The post contains real concerns and questions that most in the WP community have and currently still do express. Matt Mullenweg can put these concerns/questions to rest once and for all by simply posting direct answers. He instead chooses to refer to the GPL which fails to address specific concerns/questions. Most people still don’t understand that when the GPL refers to “free” it means free to distribute, not free as in price. That speaks volumes and trumps whatever "few notable members of the WordPress community" believe. Bringing the issue to the forefront is a good thing and that's exactly why you and I both chose to write about it.

By: Michael Torbert

Michael Torbert — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:08:48 +0000

Lester, I’m surprised that you allow that stuff. You shouldn’t have to deal with that sort of thing. I would think you should just delete and ban posts and the people who make them. You’re welcome, thanks for the great plugins and all the time you spend on them.

Kevin. I read the rest of your post, and the comments. Your post reflects that you are either new to the WordPress community or that you have misunderstandings regarding the repository and the license for which WordPress is filed under both of which have been addressed countless times on various blogs and forums throughout the community. Matt has stated more than once in many different places what the guidelines are regarding the plugin and theme repositories and if you were to ask a few notable members of the WordPress community, I believe they would have pointed you in the right direction which could have changed the entire tune of your post.
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By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:39:52 +0000

@Michael Torbert BTW, it's too bad you didn't read the entire article; much of what you said regarding the inaccuracies are addressed within it.

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:36:08 +0000

@Michael Torbert That's the exact premise of the article; to address misconceptions. If something is not accurate in the article please point it out and help clarify it for others so they can learn from your insight.

By: Michael Torbert

Michael Torbert — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:12:16 +0000

Kevin, you really should have done some better research for that article. Your descriptions of services and plugins provided by Automattic aren’t very accurate. Your descriptions of statements and positions of Matt are inaccurate as well.
I couldn’t make it past the first few sections.

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:25:53 +0000

Hey,
I posted a follow-up to the original article that goes a little more in-depth and discusses some potential options for developers and the WP community. It would be great to hear you insight on it.

http://tomuse.com/matt-mullenweg-automattic-wordpress-themes-plugins-developer

By: Theme Playground | Community Roundup: The Pay-for-Plugins Edition

Theme Playground | Community Roundup: The Pay-for-Plugins Edition — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:17:30 +0000

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:18:45 +0000

I must be doing something right then as I make considerably more from donations than all of you combined (who posted their donations above), and my plugin isn’t even particularly popular. I couldn’t live on the income, but it will comfortably pay for all of my costs including air fares to WordCamp NZ this year.

By: Lester Chan

Lester Chan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:34:45 +0000

@Michael Torbert - yea it happen at times, he is not the first but the most extreme. Thank you so much for the donations =) .-= Most Recently Published Blog Post... LG Press Conference at Communica Asia 2009 =-.