Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GPLDL.com - Hottest archive for Premium GPL-licensed WordPress Themes & Plugins

[Thomas HARDING]

Le 03/12/2017 à 17:29, John F. Melone a écrit :

> Dear all,
>
> I recently came across GPLDL at https://gpldl.com. This site redistributes 
> thousands (!) of WordPress Products (Themes & Plugins) which are usually sold 
> by the developers for Free.
>
> In RMS’s words it is both „free“ and „libre“ and obviously a credible source.
>
> Two questions from me:
>
> 1. Is this site legit - according to the GNU Public License?
While sources[1] at provided for free together or "on demand" with 
binaries, and GPL (COPYING file, licence headers) comes with,
there is no restriction.

Regarding scripting languages, there is rarely obfuscated code, so only 
missing COPYING file would avoid distribution.

Also, "distributions" are encouraged (Libre distributions are a somewhat 
recent fight).
> 2. Why has there never been any workshop or talk at Libreplanet in the last 
> years on this?
>
> WordPress is by far the most important software powering the Internet it is GNU 
> licensed so redistributing commercial plugins and themes should be a big deal.
>
> Any thoughts from the community on this?
Do it!

[1] "human readable", with comments, etc.