itthinx

Just a quick note with a big thank you to Ipstenu who was awesome helping to clarify this.

The plugin is now in the repository and can be obtained here: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/wunderslider-gallery/

Some points on changes made that I think can be useful for others as well:

It has been renamed to “WunderSlider Gallery” taking out the “WordPress” part of its initial name because it’s really redundant and makes the name too long anyway – there is really no point in using the WordPress brand in a WordPress plugin.

The free personal license has been given a preamble explaining it’s reason of existence and the “You MUST NOT alter the SOFTWARE.” clause has been modified to include the intent for that clause to “You MUST NOT alter the SOFTWARE in order to conceal its origin or creator.”

Two options have been added to the plugin:
– you can decide whether you want the little logo to show up or not
– you can decide whether you want it to send usage data or not

This is the actual plugin that I intend to commit to the repository:

http://www.itthinx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wunderslider-wordpress-gallery-plugin.zip

I think what happened was that the review got the full personal version that you can download from the page and thought that was what I wanted to submit.

Hey thanks for your input Jan, I agree on the actual topic being something that should be discussed with the review team by email and I’m in the process of doing that. The reason why I posted this here is because I found practically nothing about this kind of situation and think it will be of value for others later on to have some kind of information on denied plugins.

About the license, the plugin that I have submitted is fully GPL licensed. I also admit that the WunderSlider personal license is very restrictive but it has nothing to do with the submitted plugin’s license. I even am considering to make it (WunderSlider personal license) much less restrictive even for personal use, among what it is trying to avoid is people ripping it off and rebranding it for their own good without even giving credit. Anyhow, that is not related to the submitted plugin’s license or code.

Think about the many plugins that literally plug in a service, people never even get to look at the code of the service or have any say in that and those plugins are hosted happily in the repository.

Personally I do understand the GPL licensing framework very well and agree with its spirit and intent. I’ve contributed several free GPL’d plugins on ww.wp.xz.cn and am maintaining those in that same spirit.