[wp-hackers] Plugin Site

[Alex King]

Fair point. My opinion is that I don't really care for my own plugins, 
but I do think that it would be a shame for people's plugins to be 
posted if they didn't want them to be, etc. It is not a very nice way 
"thank you" to them for spending their time to make the the code available.

I further feel that if this is an optional thing, enough people will opt 
in that this will become the defacto place people visit (and reference) 
for WP plugins. When that happens, the plugin authors that want their 
plugins to be downloaded and used will want to have their work listed.

If the authors feel an 'us vs. them' mentality about the site, I don't 
see the site becoming as successful as it would with their support; 
regardless of the legality of licensing issues.

--Alex

Matt Mullenweg wrote:

> Alex King wrote:
> 
>> Look through the archives, this was well discussed.
> 
> 
> I was there, I remember. :)
> 
> I read through my archives and didn't see a message where you said your 
> stance one way or another. ... The purpose of this list from
> the beginning has been to get feedback from real plugin developers, and 
> the more that participate in this discussion the better.
>