[wp-hackers] Plugin Site

[John Watson]

Although the GPL says that anyone can distribute GPL code, it could be
a guideline of the wp plugins site that only the author of a plugin
can submit a plugin to the repository.  Then, if an author doesn't
want to participate, his plugin won't be listed -- simple courtesy. 
If the need is sufficiently great, someone else will either create a
competing plugin or re-use the original plugin's GPL'ed source and add
it to the repository.

I think the thing to remember is that wp-hackers is a small subset of
wp-users and wp-users don't care about any of this -- they just want
their plugins -- and as developers we should focus on the user's
needs, not our own.

A central repository that is easy for users to use and find what they
need without any hangups is in-line with the philosophy of the
wordpress project.  From the About section of wordpress.org: "We hope
by focusing on web standards and user experience we can create a tool
different from anything else out there."

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:27:07 -0600, Alex King <alex at alexking.org> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> 
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