In reply to Jeff Chandler.

My comment above was overly emotional, I'm sorry about that. However, this was a comment you made a few months ago here(https://wptavern.com/versionpress-adopts-the-gpl-software-license#comment-55937):

"Had VersionPress decided to not use GPL or a compatible license, I likely would have deleted the post and that’s the last time I’d publicly promote the project."

I'm not sure how else that can be described. If you refuse to talk about non-gpl'd wordpress projects are you not implicitly blacklisting those authors?

I just think it's too inflexible a stance. The GPL isn't appropriate for all projects. And forcing the narrow philosophy of the GNU/FSF on such a diverse and wide ecosystem of software like WordPress excludes a significant portion of users and authors from participating in the community.

Proprietary and open source don't have to be enemies.