BuddyPress.org

JJJ-

I agree with your argument about the dangers of paywalls to OS projects. But I just wanted to correct one issue. The GPL does not say anything about free as in cost. It is about freedoms of the end user.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

Most people in vibrant OS communities like the WordPress ecosystem, are moving beyond the spirit of the GPL, to a more utopian, share and share alike vision. There’s nothing wrong with that if it happens. But the GPL has never been about free as in cost.