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Rant!
Got an email from an extension developer who releases code under GPL. Had a list of all sites using "our copy" of his software and demanding that we pay twice as much now for download access. We've only asked for support on one domain ever so this feels like an underhanded way to treat customers when your software is supposed to be GPL.

Absolutely need his product so we paid it. Feeling very annoyed that GPL software license isn't really being honored. And it's creepy that he's tracking it that way.

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  • 1
    But was the license attached to every copy and the author mentioned? I don't see why you should pay
  • 0
    Time for a good forking
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    @fox8091 He can cancel our account and ability to download future updates, which we need. So we're stuck paying. I'd report him to the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) team if we didn't absolutely require his software. What he's doing violates GPL and JED policy.
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    @fox8091 Cheaper to pay him than to run our own fork or switch to something else. But yeah, if a competing product comes out that makes sense, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
  • 0
    Also interested in that it does.
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