Paying for Mods - Selling Modifications

It's possible to ransom code, it's possible to get a group a share a dev's cost, it's also possible to sell code. The GPL doesn't prohibit any of these.

But I'm not sure you'll find people willing to pay for an extensive mod when 1.3 is in the work, except if one needs it right this year.

If I have understood it correctly, you don't have to release the source for 'in house' things. If you create something and only you use it on your things, you don't have to distribute the source. But as soon as you distribute it, you must provide the source code to anyone. (You're allowed to charge for it, but the one acquiring it can redistribute it themselves for free if they like to)

Please correct me if I'm wrong

Devil's Advocate:   Where is the line between a "modification" that falls under the PunBB GPL and a new application which doesn't?   For example, there is a really cool script that Koos built for image hosting.   It isn't a mod or a plugin and it runs separate from punbb, but (from what I understand) uses the punbb user authentication / cookie to allow members only to upload images.  Does his separate application fall under the GPL for Punbb?

Thanks Smartys, good to know.   

In general I'm hoping that we can find ways to encourage developers to create more mods for this great application.   I vaguely remember seeing some posts about a contest with financial compensation for those who develop new extentions for 1.3.   That's when I donated some funds to punbb in my attempt to support that great idea.

So, I guess the only way to move forward on a mod project is to either pay for it oneself and donate it to the community or find a few people willing to pull resources to pay someone to build the mod.

Right now, I'm guessing a lot of people are waiting for 1.3 to come out, at least in a beta stage. It's the calm before the storm