Title: [Plugin: Gravity Forms Directory & Addons] Is Gravity Forms Open Source?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Gravity Forms Directory & Addons] Is Gravity Forms Open Source?

 *  [cruth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cruth/)
 * (@cruth)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gravity-forms-directory-addons-is-gravity-forms-open-source/)
 * Is Gravity Forms Opensource?
 * I go to install a plugin, but I then see that I have to buy something else to
   use the plugin?
 * What am I missing here?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/)

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gravity-forms-directory-addons-is-gravity-forms-open-source/#post-1866377)
 * You’re missing that GPL does not mean zero cost.
 * Gravity Forms is GPL’ed. That does not prevent the author from putting the code(
   the plugin) behind a pay wall; GPL’ed means free like free speech not free beer.
   The support is not free and that is what you are buying.
 * That second plugin? That’s also GPL’ed but hosted in the WordPress plugin repo.
 *  Plugin Author [Zack Katz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katzwebdesign/)
 * (@katzwebdesign)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gravity-forms-directory-addons-is-gravity-forms-open-source/#post-1866413)
 * Like [@jan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jan/) wrote, Gravity Forms is
   a paid plugin ([you can buy here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gravity-forms-directory-addons-is-gravity-forms-open-source/bit.ly/dvF8BI?output_format=md)
   and get 20% off with coupon SEODENVER), but it’s also GPL. That means _technically_
   if you buy the plugin you can legally share it for free with your friends. That
   is, however, not the ethical thing to do: the developers have spent thousands
   of hours making Gravity Forms the best WordPress form plugin out there; it’s 
   such a good plugin that it’s worth buying.
 * Also, when you buy the plugin, you buy really good support on [GravityHelp.com](http://gravityhelp.com),
   which you need a license for. If you get or share the plugin for free, you or
   the people you share with won’t get support.
 * My plugin (Gravity Forms Directory & Addons) is, as its name implies, an add-
   on to the Gravity Forms plugin. My plugin is free, but Gravity Forms is not.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/gravity-forms-addons/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=996787)
 * [Gravity Forms Directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/)
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 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Zack Katz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katzwebdesign/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gravity-forms-directory-addons-is-gravity-forms-open-source/#post-1866413)
 * Status: not resolved