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You are doing a great work and you are a role model for me. Keep up the good work.

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There’s ways of making money with open source AND opening your source code up for free download. I’m currently working on some different business models that’ll allow people to get even more without sacrificing the integrity of the open source ideals behind WordPress. It just takes a little outside-the-box type thinking. Everyone will get to see some new stuff with WordPress theming in the coming months.

Also, I have an ideas forum if you’d like to add ideas about where the themes should go, such as em-based layouts. By the way, my upcoming Hybrid [parent] theme will allow much more flexibility with things like this.

I really appreciate your commitment to high standards in site design, like your efforts to “future-proof” themes, hooks, etc. I agree with the other posters, that this is an incredible deal and you are worth more.

But on your behalf, I’m not sure about the yearly club dues, because if you’re not currently working on one of Justin’s themes, you might not feel the need to renew.

Maybe licenses for unlimited support are the way to go for dedicated, idealistic designers like you?

A tangent: This whole open source business model has me scratching my head… how can it work? All the premium/freemium theme hullabaloo is fascinating to read about, but I can’t figure out how it will support designers like Justin Tadlock.

I mean, I will always support idealism, so maybe there are others out there like me who will, too, but will it pay Justin’s rent? Send him on cruises? Pay for the kidlet’s soccer team dues?

Back to the topic at hand:

I am interested in any developer’s licenses you might come up with, because I do sites for friends, family and non-profits, but am starting to branch into sites for paying customers, and I think you should get paid if I get paid!

Also: I’d like to see elastic layouts in future designs (em-based, not px-based).

And thank you for providing the forums and documentation. I tend to muddle along by trial-and-error. Your documentation is very helpful and eliminates lots of muddling.

I do have a contribute page that I took off the main navigation. There are more ways to donate than with your wallet though.

Keep up the great work.