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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:25 PM UTC

photomatt wrote: post #87

mirzap wrote: post #25

Pathetic. Matt banned one of the most popular WordPress plugins. Then, he forked the code and hosted it on WP.org, which is against the Terms of Service. He also hosted it in the plugin directory on the same path as ACF, stealing its SEO traffic. Wow! Matt's state of mind is clearly not good. If I were an investor in WordPress, I would start thinking about cutting my losses. WordPress will not recover from this self-…

Have you read the GPL?

Post by wkirby » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:27 PM UTC

luckylion wrote: post #48

wkirby wrote: post #8

We no longer do custom WordPress work --- it turned out to never be worth the hassle --- but when we did, our company used ACF extensively. High quality plugin with responsive support and very fair licensing terms. This --- to me --- smacks of complete bullshit.

It is complete bullshit, but calling ACF high quality is also pretty out there. It's one of those giants in WP that is stuck in the past, arguably much like a lot of core.

Post by curiousgal » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:28 PM UTC

photomatt wrote: post #87

mirzap wrote: post #25

Pathetic. Matt banned one of the most popular WordPress plugins. Then, he forked the code and hosted it on WP.org, which is against the Terms of Service. He also hosted it in the plugin directory on the same path as ACF, stealing its SEO traffic. Wow! Matt's state of mind is clearly not good. If I were an investor in WordPress, I would start thinking about cutting my losses. WordPress will not recover from this self-…

Have you read the GPL?

Post by sureIy » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:33 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #63

sureIy wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sherlocked The verb you're looking for is stole Sherloking is when a Walmart is built next to a cornershop. Here the dude tore open the corner shop while claiming to be a victim.

When I posted, I was under the impression that ACF was open source. But the GitHub repo doesn’t list one, so if it’s not open source…WTF.

Post by throw16180339 » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:36 PM UTC

batuhanicoz wrote: post #83

throw16180339 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of other employers that won't make you lie for them.

If you point to any lies told by me, I would love to correct them. No one has told me to come here and defend anyone. I work at a part of Automattic that is isolated from anything WordPress — I don’t have to be here. I am defending values I believe in. I am trying to make sure correct information is out there. You are free to not believe that of course.