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> 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. Isn't it here? htt
by ValentineC 2y ago
> 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.
Isn't it here?
https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/acf https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/acf
If you mean the licence, it's in readme.txt:
https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/acf/blob/master/readme.txt https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/acf/blob/master/read...
- CharlesW 2y agoThanks! The GitHub app reports it as "None" (https://imgur.com/a/5dyaTfX https://imgur.com/a/5dyaTfX), but now I see it's "GPLv2 or later".
- forrestthewoods 2y agoClearly AdvancedCustomFields should have filed a trademark to prohibit Wordpress from fully stealing it. GPL code, trademarked branding. If you want to fork then you have to actually fork. Oh the irony.
- ValentineC 2y ago> Clearly AdvancedCustomFields should have filed a trademark to prohibit Wordpress from fully stealing it. They did: Advanced Custom Fields — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98321164&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98321164&caseSearchType=U... ACF — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98321135&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98321135&caseSearchType=U...
- forrestthewoods 2y agoOh nice. Then WordPress shouldn’t be able to take over without renaming, right?
- prettymuchnoone 2y agothey renamed to "secure custom fields"
- everforward 2y agoThey kept the permalink afaik, which is probably still likely to cause confusion in the marketplace and may still be a trademark issue. Without knowing this drama, if I found and clicked an ACF link on a 2 year old Reddit post and ended up at Secure Custom Fields, I’m not sure I’d know it wasn’t by the ACF folks. Just their branding for the v2 or whatever. I think customers have a reasonable expectation that permalinks won’t take them to unrelated products.