Does the use of private plugins breach the terms of the GNU GPL v2?

The best approach is simply to communicate. If you’re selling private plugins and you have a concern, just talk with someone at Discourse.

Unless you’re a lawyer and are interested in the legal question, or you’re devoting significant resources to a business around software using the GPL v2, I would not worry about this.

If you still have concerns regardless and want an informal 3rd party opinion, pm me.