Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by mirzap on Saturday October 12, 2024 @03:32PM (#41821754)

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-inflicted destruction

*Update* Oh, it's worse than that. He just renamed the ACF to SCF and claimed all the installations and reviews from ACF. I still can't believe this happened. This can't be legal!

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by photomatt on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:21PM (#41822198)

Have you read the GPL?

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by Sebguer on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:23PM (#41822224)

Eventually you are going to have to confront that the distance between 'technical correctness' and 'moral correctness' is vaster than you apparently think it is.

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by DonnieBurger on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:24PM (#41822230)

Parent does not mention GPL, nor is this a GPL issue. It's about the takeover of an existing plugin and it's reviews/installs.

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by ankleturtle on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:49PM (#41823410)

I am not a lawyer, but I am really curious if this would amount to tortious interference.

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by rpgbr on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:45PM (#41823381)

The problem isn’t GPL or code, it’s a trademark and trusting issue.

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by kristofferR on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:18PM (#41822711)

What kind of response is that? Does that mean you approve of sites like GPLDL then?

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by curiousgal on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:28PM (#41822270)

You need therapy my dude, you radiate SDE.

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by chx on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:24AM (#41827030)

Have you read https://trademarks.justia.com/983/21/advanced-custom-9832116... and https://trademarks.justia.com/983/21/acf-98321135.html ?

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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by s1ds on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:37PM (#41833394)

Have you read them? Both are in pending status and not registered. "Advanced Custom Fields" most recent update before a last minute extension to respond to final notice was for: "Merely Descriptive Refusal - Registration is refused because the applied-for mark merely describes the function of applicant’s goods and/or services."

So far even USPTO attorneys think it's a generic mark not worthy of being registered: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn98321164&docI...

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