[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Otto]

Huh? Akismet doesn't have any "DRM".

Akismet sends the comment to their servers, where it returns a "spam"
or "ham" message. The service is the whole point, by evaluating
comments from many sites, it can be better at determining spam.

Serviceware plugins are specifically allowed. A Facebook plugin must
necessarily talk to Facebook to do its thing. Same for Twitter or any
other service-oriented plugin. If the service is doing something of
substance, then it's obviously okay.

The Akismet plugin is fully GPL. Modify it, use it, even make your own
akismet-like service if you think you can do a better job of it. A few
other groups have done exactly that.

-Otto


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:
> @Daniel Excellent point.
> Here is Akismet's pricing plans:
> https://akismet.com/plans/
>
> I think CyberChimp's arguments could apply to Akismet. The flaw in the
> argument is that nothing on that page is preventing you from removing the
> DRM and redistributing it, or using it with out an API key (sure it doesn't
> do anything, but they made that clear to you) or choosing not to use a DRMed
> piece of software.
>
> TL;DR Don't like a DRM, don't use it.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know that this is more of a plugin question, but would Akismet fall
>> under the same matter as far as GPL is concern? Or am I missing
>> something?
>> Regards,
>> Daniel Fenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Seriously! Unless someone can answer Justin's question what's the debate
>> > about? As far as I can tell I can download Pagelines, remove the DRM and
>> > redistribute it without violating their terms. Sounds GNUy to me.
>> >
>> > (and yes I know that when it comes to DRMs there are issues related to
>> > the
>> > DMCA, but for that point to be relevant we would have to require GPL3,
>> > not
>> > GPL2, which we don't.)
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Justin Tadlock
>> > <justin at justintadlock.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sorry, I haven't seen the evidence of this before.  That's all new to
>> >> me.
>> >> There's been a lot of posts.  It should be easy to understand that
>> >> maybe
>> >> I've missed something through all of the discussion.  Can you (or
>> >> anyone)
>> >> please share where, in their terms or wherever, this information is
>> >> coming
>> >> from (the information where you're not allowed to copy, modify, or
>> >> distribute the code)?
>> >>
>> >> I don't need anything more than that.  I don't even care that much
>> >> about
>> >> this discussion.  I'm just interested in seeing the answer to my
>> >> question.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 10/9/2013 6:25 PM, Bryan Hadaway wrote:
>> >>
>> >> @Justin
>> >>
>> >> "If they limit how you can use the code that has been distributed to
>> >> you,
>> >> that'd be a problem."
>> >>
>> >> That's what they're doing. What is a theme, a theme is code, they're
>> >> saying you can only use this code x amount of times for x amount of
>> >> dollars.
>> >>
>> >> That's from the horses mouth, what more do you need? I'm happy you're
>> >> trying to understand, but this has all been covered over and over.
>> >>
>> >>
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