In reply to Justin Tadlock.

Hi Justin I totally understand and I want to make one thing totally clear in public I feel you a great and "honest" guy and you doing a good job at the Tavern.

However this middle road you're trying to navigate here is a real "minefield"
I personally feel it would be best to do a mixture of editorial about small plugins developer and also allow paid advertisement on the Tavern.

This whole sub-culture in the WordPress community that money is bad is in my mind a bit childish.