# Question about GNU license

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-gnu-license/245719>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-gnu-license/245719 "2022-11-15T23:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-gnu-license/245719/2 "2022-11-16T08:02:06Z")

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Looking at this another way, I trust you’ve noticed the #Marketplace Category? It might be worth looking through its history to get an idea of what third party services are normal and permitted.

> [@MetaGator](#):
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> I wouldn’t be sharing Discourse source code

This is surely irrelevant? It is openly available to anyone who browses GitHub.

FYI you might be interested in our enabling platform for third party developers:

## Monitoring your plugin

See:

> **[What is the Plugin Manager System?](https://coop.pavilion.tech/t/what-is-the-plugin-manager-system/1158?u=merefield)**
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> The Plugin Manager system (PMS) is a status, issue and support system for Discourse plugins. It’s been developed by folks with years of experience maintaining Discourse plugins and working with users of those plugins. You can see the main...

and

[https://discourse.pluginmanager.org](https://discourse.pluginmanager.org)

## Adding Subscriptions to your plugin

> **[Add Subscriptions to your Discourse Plugin](https://coop.pavilion.tech/t/add-subscriptions-to-your-discourse-plugin/542)**
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> You can add a paid subscriptions to your plugin by using the Subscription Server and Client Plugins. A forum administrator (i.e. the end user for your plugin subscription) just needs the Subscription Client plugin installed (in addition to your...

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