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Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by rasso on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:37PM (#41822339)
Exactly. ACF is free and open source. ACF Pro is not. Secure Custom Fields is based on the free version (ACF, without "Pro").
Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by luckylion on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:32PM (#41822847)
It still uses trademarks from ACF, those are obviously not "open source", which also has been Matt's & wordpress.org's stance since forever: the _code_ is GPL, but the assets are not.

If you "fork" the assets, you're not covered by GPL.

Obviously it's nonsense to discriminate between the free version of a freemium plugin and a commercial plugin and this is simply a stupid way to lash out.

Re:Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org by maxloh on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:25AM (#41825917)
Because WordPress is licensed under the GPL, all plugins must be licensed under GPL-compatible licenses. This applies to ACF Pro as well.