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

[Pirata Nervo]

(06-04-2010 01:32 AM)Harry Wrote:  The one place i worked at for a number of years had a bar as well. During happy hour we would provide free eats. Also would stay and do it on my own time for other occasions as well. I did it as a way of saying thanks to our loyal customers. Same with the people who owned the restaurant. Maybe it is me but i am still missing your point with this analogy.

Yes you're missing the point. The point is not the bar. You would cook in exchange for money but you could also go to a restaurant (imagine the restaurant was free) and you would food for free which was not cooked by you. Same for me, I can download plugins from here for free even though I make paid plugins.

(06-04-2010 01:32 AM)Harry Wrote:  This actually gets to my point of why not sell My Points? That's your big plugin and thus main thing. Understand what i am saying? Charge for that and use the others for a happy hr type thing. The free happy hour food as well serves as a way to show what great food the place had.   Does that make sense?

The reason I won't do that it's because the point of NewPoints is to be a free points system but the best points system as well.
While MyPS plugins are paid, NewPoints plugins will always be free and so will be the core. (except plugins which generate income like "Buy Points with PayPal") This is what I want for NewPoints.

(06-04-2010 01:32 AM)Harry Wrote:  I suspect we might be on the same page but for whatever reason might be missing it. Again i don't care if you want to make money. That is on You. That is great if you can make a few bucks off of it. My beef is with how it is done at MYBB. Not following the license and such. And YES i know MYBB is as much to blame as well. They should just enforce the license as is and be done with it.

Seriously. Think about this. All you guys would have to do is make it known that if your work is shared elsewhere that they will no longer get support at your site and nor will they be able to download stuff. Yes the GPL says the code must remain open BUT it does not tell you how to run your site. Understand what i am saying? Sure there might be a person who still releases it but i think you know how that will be viewed by others.

And I'm probably going to release all my plugins for free once MyBB 1.6 is out (if they don't change the license) but only give support to paid subscribers.
That way, users can get my plugins for free but if they want help, they must subscribe. Now that I think of it, I might probably do this no matter if they change the license or not.