[split] The SUPER EPIC!! debate about paid MyBB modifications!

[Harry]

The business structure? I agree with what you are saying and what i too would prefer. The issue is what you/i want is lacking and i believe it has to do with how it is ran. Not sure i am getting my point across well? Sorry. Point blank.. Thing is they need to lose a couple of people. That would help the project and or business or whatever you wanna call it. Nothing wrong with promoting the brand but another thing when someone or some try taking it in another direction that does not fit what the project is supposed to be about which in MYBB case is open source.. Am i making sense? basically they need to lose those who are not for opensource development and that sort of thing. Again i say those paid plugin authors is NOT what will drive people ( or the type they want ) to use MYBB and instead will chase more off as has happened to you.

Look at it this way. What does paid plugins really encourage? It encourages more to do the same. Oh look i can make a fast buck so hell why not just charge for these plugins. Now what does that do for encouraging people to SHARE and expand ideas on how to make the project bigger better from the INSIDE? It doesn't because those paid plugin developers are only concerned about one thing and one thing only.. Their pockets. Sure they may make suggestions to help better the software in *some* areas but most who do will do so to benifit them and not nobody else. In the end you end up with this and not such a fun place to be. Go to ANY opensource project and anyone can see who has the worst attitudes and that being MYBB and i am 100% certain it has to do with the competitive nature of the paid plugin authors and thus the paid plugins. Anyone care to prove me wrong then please do so. They are a thorn in the side of mybb and i can careless how much any of them helped MYBB to get the mybb.com name. Most did it for themselves anyways in hopes of drawing more people to use the software ( will be alot easier to find now ) so they can buy their stupid plugins and nothing more. Not a soul can convince me of otherwise. Getting that domain will not change a thing except open the door for more to see the issues that surround the project because of the paid plugin authors and the general attitudes on the community forums. Only way that changes is if MYBB opens their eyes and starts promoting the opensource way and getting rid of the paid stuff off the whole site. We can review this topic in a year or two as any other that i said to review over the past few years. Yeah it has been almost two years since this crap invaded MYBB and i said then what i say now about how they would hurt mybb and i believe the stuff mentioned in this thread proves that without a doubt. Only thing that has changed is the attitudes which have gotten worse over there. Can thank that to the developers/staff of MYBB who is encouraging the paid way and protecting them guy from all negative feedback and letting them slam whoever they want on the forum there.