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For a moment I really thought that you are interested to discuss this topic and that you really believed that your personal feeling about this topic is stronger than any legal aspect. But sadly it seems that $20 per month for a place on your linklist is your price to spread biased and flawed...

Important difference: I don't share my opinion, but my view and I wouldn't share my view if I wasn't a lawyer. Take it how you want or leave it.

Ideally it would be like that, but keep in mind that the GPL license is not a law. The developer can choose not to publish under GPL, and if Wordpress does not like it, then they can delist the plugin on their website. If the developer included code in his plugin which was distributed under GPL...

Is music/movie sharing solved by now? And the business model of Festinger is not per se illegal and the majority of plugins might even be officially released under GPL. It's important to point that out. But the plugins/themes not released under GPL (the right to choose the license lies with the...

I agree with what was said before that some pricing models are just completely out of scope. For example, you try your luck with some SEO, AI content or whatever and you have some 100 blogs and you "need" a plugin to secure the site or to run backups etc. You would end up paying some $49 * 100...

Correct, it is a quick out-of-court instrument in the US. Other countries (for example in the EU) have similar out-of-court instruments which can sometimes already be combined with a damage fine and it usually consittutes the first step in further legal prosecution. While the country-specific...

Yes and no. You can rely on people's feelings or on laws. It's up to everyone to decide what will pay off in the long run in a moral and monetary way. If someone has enough money or power, then why would they really care? But not everyone is in such a position, so an informed decision is pivotal...

"People" are wrong and because a wrong statement is repeated many times, doesn't make it right.

I feel your pain, but it is not up to everyone to decide what laws to follow or not to follow. If a plugin does not live up to its promised features and functionality, then you can ask for a refund or initiate a chargeback and try a different product, can't you?

A plugin can theoretically be released under any and also proprietary license. The plugin developer/rightholder/licensor is the one who decides what license will apply to his/her work. Now, if Wordpress is licensed under GPLv2 and the plugin developer would violate a requirement for derived work...

Plugins from any source can contain backdoors, malware etc. or they can even have vulnerabilities and attackers inject malicious code into your website. If you obtain these plugins/themes from untrusted sources, the risk is even higher. So you have to make sure that your page is clean. BUT the...

Saw this one mostly with low-quality accounts sold here on bhw. When you appeal this one you have a different form than for other appeals. In that form they force you to tick a box where you confirm that you have been hacked and that you took all recommended measures to clean your pc. They won't...

Be careful with these recommendations. One Gmail can manage multiple ads accounts without being a manager account, but it does not mean that this is without negative implications for the other accounts if one account receives a suspension. A Circumventing Systems suspension of your account is a...

I would like to point out that the promised signup bonus of 30% by clicking on "Start here" as stated in the opening post does not work. Deposits are rendered without the bonus. With that the offer unfortunately contains false promises at the current time.

Of course, they check the fingerprints and these accessible details of your environment are changed by said solutions to look like new and unique ones. A website cannot look beyond these details as long as you don't have any browser extension/plugin installed that can be interfaced by the...