Pathetic. I guess this is a GPL violation? I mean, taking over a code in a directory with million of customers isn't “forking it”, right?
The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
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Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#22Calling it right now: If WP Engine is reading, fork WordPress now. Call it FreshPress. Put $25M into it, team up with other hosts, abandon the editor everyone hates, and relicense it to GPLv3 so Matt can’t have any of it. (Note that WordPress’s license specifically says GPLv2 or later.) Maybe support Composer like sane modern PHP projects. Maybe put the most important plugins like Woo into core and make it an all-in-…
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Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#23Is there any legal operation possible?
WPEngine is already suing Matt, so this will get added to that pile, it seems like.
Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
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#25Fun fact. The new plugin uses "ACF" throughout the code, throughout the plugin reviews, and the url slug is literally "advanced-custom-fields".
Guess who owns the trademark for both those things? WPEngine, that's who.
This guy is so bad at this that it's not even funny anymore.
Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#26Calling it right now: If WP Engine is reading, fork WordPress now. Call it FreshPress. Put $25M into it, team up with other hosts, abandon the editor everyone hates, and relicense it to GPLv3 so Matt can’t have any of it. (Note that WordPress’s license specifically says GPLv2 or later.) Maybe support Composer like sane modern PHP projects. Maybe put the most important plugins like Woo into core and make it an all-in-…
What's B2?
Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#27Calling it right now: If WP Engine is reading, fork WordPress now. Call it FreshPress. Put $25M into it, team up with other hosts, abandon the editor everyone hates, and relicense it to GPLv3 so Matt can’t have any of it. (Note that WordPress’s license specifically says GPLv2 or later.) Maybe support Composer like sane modern PHP projects. Maybe put the most important plugins like Woo into core and make it an all-in-…
What's B2?
B2/Cafelog is the software that WordPress started as a fork of.
WordPress is a fork that basically killed the original project. No reason that history can’t repeat itself.
Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#28Pathetic. I guess this is a GPL violation? I mean, taking over a code in a directory with million of customers isn't “forking it”, right?
No, it's not.
Matt is causing damage to the OSS ecosystem far beyond WordPress.
Re: The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
#29Matt has been busy being a tool https://bullenweg.com/ I feel for everyone that uses Wordpress.
Why on earth is Matt’s nosebleed on this? Making fun of peoples medical issues is tasteless, and makes me wonder about the motivation behind the rest of the page.
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#30Trust is lost forever. These are good times for Wordpress alternatives to shine.
I migrated our company site from Wordpress to PayloadCMS and the difference is night and day. Payload is sooo good.