does that mean that if your software is 'hidden behind a paywall' i am allowed to distribute it freely once i get to it?
Subscribers get access to articles, and can choose where to share them.
But if I owned the WSJ (or any publication) and a subscriber shared an article here-and-there on a forum I personally wouldn't be mad. Perhaps doing so would even lead to more subscribers.
Just my own opinion, but I wish mods would delete posts that did such things.