In reply to Steve Wilkinson.

I didn't necessarily mean money, but whatever the point of their developing the plugin was in the first place (i.e.: community involvement, moving the platform forward, getting exposure, giving users a taste of their other (maybe paid) offers.)

If the plugins aren't kept up to date, known to be good, and then used, about all they've accomplished is maybe learning a bit more about coding. If that's all they wanted, then why even publish it?