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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by mirzap on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:04PM (#41822049)
It doesn't matter. Matt didn't have the right to hijack ACF.
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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by jnwatson on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:45PM (#41822409)
I'm not on Matt's side, but anyone has the right to fork a GPL project and call it something else.
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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by mirzap on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:53PM (#41822469)
This is not a fork. He stole the original project plugin space, its reviews, download statistics, SEO traffic, etc. It has nothing to do with GPL.
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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by ankleturtle on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:24PM (#41822766)
Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.
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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:48PM (#41822432)
That isn't what happened here.
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