@iMadalin - Ok I misunderstood as your original comment didn't have much context and primarily just linked to the WordPress licensing. I agree with you.

I think the main thing for me is that I think the GPL was primarily intended so that users and other developers could take someone else's code and customize it or improve upon it and then release it as your own.

Just taking someone else's GPL code and distributing it as is? With no changes other than it isn't behind a paywall? Or to sell it without making any changes and offer support for code you didn't even develop? Make it better. And "free" isn't a feature so simply making it available for free isn't making it better. What's the point in that? Sure it's allowed, I just simply do not see any value in it.