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Wordpress banned forks from the plugin directory a while ago, so they're doing what they ban everyone else from doing. https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2021/0

Wordpress banned forks from the plugin directory a while ago, so they're doing what they ban everyone else from doing. https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2021/02/16/reminder-forked-premium-plugins-are-not-permitted/ https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2021/02/16/reminder-forke...

asddubs 2y ago
That post seems to be about forking open source plugins which cost money. From what I can tell they did fork this plugin but are not offering its premium features for free. Just to preempt people arguing with me, please note that this comment isn't meant to be an ethical defense of them one way or the other, but just a factual correction.
- luckylion 2y ago
  It's a freemium plugin though, the advertisements for the pro-version and the update-funnel are how you pay for it. If WP had only fixed the error but not removed all of those things & and hadn't claimed authorship themselves ("By Wordpress.org", and putting themselves at the top of the contributors while they're certainly the one with the fewest contributions), that argument would be different, I believe. Would wordpress.org allow WooCommerce to be forked, uploaded with no modifications beyond the all references to WooCommerce being changed to YouCommerce and all mentions of Automattic being wiped? I don't see that being allowed.
  - sshine 2y ago
    Marketplaces work best when they’re not tied directly to the products, and when they’re not run by Lord of the Flies.
supermatt 2y ago
It’s not a premium plugin.
- RobotToaster 2y ago
  It has premium features, it may be a grey area, but that makes it a premium plugin IMO.
- sccxy 2y ago
  Wordpress did not fork the plugin. They just took ownership of the plugin. Wordpress removed all premium features after the hijacking of the plugin. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3167679%40advanced-custom-fields&old=3143016%40advanced-custom-fields#diff-legend https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3167679%40a...

asddubs 2y ago

That post seems to be about forking open source plugins which cost money. From what I can tell they did fork this plugin but are not offering its premium features for free. Just to preempt people arguing with me, please note that this comment isn't meant to be an ethical defense of them one way or the other, but just a factual correction.

luckylion 2y ago
It's a freemium plugin though, the advertisements for the pro-version and the update-funnel are how you pay for it. If WP had only fixed the error but not removed all of those things & and hadn't claimed authorship themselves ("By Wordpress.org", and putting themselves at the top of the contributors while they're certainly the one with the fewest contributions), that argument would be different, I believe. Would wordpress.org allow WooCommerce to be forked, uploaded with no modifications beyond the all references to WooCommerce being changed to YouCommerce and all mentions of Automattic being wiped? I don't see that being allowed.
- sshine 2y ago
  Marketplaces work best when they’re not tied directly to the products, and when they’re not run by Lord of the Flies.

supermatt 2y ago

It’s not a premium plugin.

RobotToaster 2y ago
It has premium features, it may be a grey area, but that makes it a premium plugin IMO.
sccxy 2y ago
Wordpress did not fork the plugin. They just took ownership of the plugin. Wordpress removed all premium features after the hijacking of the plugin. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3167679%40advanced-custom-fields&old=3143016%40advanced-custom-fields#diff-legend https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3167679%40a...