Title: Ethics
Last modified: June 20, 2019

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# Ethics

 *  Resolved [Brian Brown, Ph.D.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianbrown/)
 * (@brianbrown)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ethics/)
 * Hi again Alex!
    I actually eMailed Estefan (etruel; wpematico) about the ethics
   of ripping off your code and then selling it as his own; we discussed this about
   2 months ago. No response; although I didn’t expect one. Also, why have you disabled
   the Freemius Opt-out? (“Skip” button does nothing but reload the Freemius opt-
   out page). Just FYI: I don’t think that’s exactly ethical, either. Regards, Brian
   Brown

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 *  Plugin Author [Alexandre Gaboriau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcurly/)
 * (@mcurly)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ethics/#post-11658410)
 * Hello Brian,
 * I didn’t understand what you were talking about Freemius Opt-out.
    So I tried
   with a new install and you’re right, Skip button doesn’t work !! **It is not 
   made on purpose at all** (even it can appear suspicious!) and you’re the first
   to report me that. I don’t know when this problem appeared because I didn’t touch
   something about Freemius but I will fix it of course. I’ll try to make an update
   soon to fix that because it’s very problematic, I guess many people have uninstall
   it if they can’t skip it.
 * Yes I remember about the discussion wpematico author, I’m not really surprised
   because he never contacted me, he does not assume responsibility.. I don’t want
   to lose time with people like that.
 * Alex
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Alexandre Gaboriau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcurly/).
 *  Plugin Author [Alexandre Gaboriau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcurly/)
 * (@mcurly)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ethics/#post-11658571)
 * Ok, the problem is now fixed, and the last freemius version has been updated.
   The button doesn’t seem to have any problem now. Thanks for your report Brian.
 *  Thread Starter [Brian Brown, Ph.D.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianbrown/)
 * (@brianbrown)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ethics/#post-11658732)
 * Wow Alex. What q quick response. Like 2 hours!
    Great! I used to write WP plugins,
   too. But when I saw big sites (like CNN’s Blog) using them WITH THE ATTRIBUTION
   REMOVED, and not caring to donate (it was probably their webmaster’s fault), 
   I stopped. But thanks again for a wonderful plugin. By the way, the etruel now
   has the option of choosing a secondary image source, i.e, Google then Flickr.
   Thanks again, Alex!

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