Comment by ryu-suke

it's not about getting people to "work for free", it's about enabling people to create freely. The reason verified tools need to be open source is to ensure transparency and trust for users who install them, and for me to label them as verified, not to impose a one-sided standard. Users should know what a plugin does before they integrate it into their workspace. That said, nothing stops developers from making private or commercial plugins if they choose to, it will still be available on the app's plugin list but it won't be labeled as verified