[theme-reviewers] GPL and limiting usage

[Dane Morgan]

So the code that was moved to a plugin *is* GPL and the keys just grant 
api type access between the code and a server side function set. In the 
same way that, for instance, akismet. If someone wanted to provide all 
of the data they could potentially set up their own server and achieve 
similar functionality without keeping a subscription?

Otto wrote:
> The concern here was originally that the "pro code" in question was in
> the theme. Outside of the GPL, WordPress.org does not allow code to be
> hosted in its repositories that requires payment to function. It's one
> thing to connect to a service (even a paid one) to do something with
> that service, but it's wholly another thing to have code that
> otherwise works but which is simply "disabled" by the service until
> payment is made.
>
> If you want to sell "code", then you host that code yourself. That was
> the primary concern, and why I suggested they move that code into a
> separate plugin.