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He's stolen the ACF permalink, reviews, download count, active installations (including the ability to push auto updates), etc. Sure, the code is free, but tha
by lolinder 2y ago
He's stolen the ACF permalink, reviews, download count, active installations (including the ability to push auto updates), etc.
Sure, the code is free, but that's still a lot of theft.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/
- esskay 2y agoTo add to that he is now violating their trademark by still using their name, branding and logo, all of which are registered trademarks. The copy you download still has all of these in. Way to speed run wiping out trust in your product. Any Wordpress plugin developer who relies on it for their livelihood should be EXTREMELY worried.
- pluc 2y agoNot only that, but he's taken over all their customers as well if the update source was wordpress.org.
- luuurker 2y agoI don't disagree with that, but the comment I've replied to said they were stealing "what they had previously provided". The stuff "provided" was code shared under a GPL license. Maybe it's a technicality, but the code is open source and you can do whatever you want it it, provided that you respect the GPL license. There's a lot to criticise Matt for here, but you can't accuse him of stealing GPL code. Like, that's one of the points of that license.