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I've always been confused by this assertion, too. It's often the justification for privacy of paid plugins, too. In addition to your example, I can imagine a v
by sjs382 1y ago
I've always been confused by this assertion, too. It's often the justification for privacy of paid plugins, too.
In addition to your example, I can imagine a very defensible scenario where a plugin is "standalone" with a shim layer to connect to WordPress (and maybe other CMSes, too).
- luckylion 1y agoYeah, the infectious nature can hardly infect a third party software, even if the shim itself would be infected. The one case I just remembered where it was remotely challenged was Thesis [1], but Automattic chose to throw money into bullying the challenger rather than going after the alleged license violation. [1] https://wptavern.com/mullenweg-and-pearson-square-off-on-patents-gpl-and-trademarks https://wptavern.com/mullenweg-and-pearson-square-off-on-pat...