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by mthoms 2y ago
Along the same lines, this could be a pre-emptive action to provide cover for some forthcoming layoffs.
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by mthoms 2y ago
Notably, Matt will still personally control what is and isn't allowed to be contributed to WordPress Core. Otherwise, the very first commit should be removing all the personally identifiable information and other telemetry sent back to
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by mthoms 2y ago
Please share!
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by mthoms 2y ago
Citation needed.
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by mthoms 2y ago
I have such fond memories of building a terrain viewer like this (first in Pascal, then in C & Assembly) in the 1990's at the same time I was learning the requisite trigonometry in high school. Back then, all kinds of low-level opt
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by mthoms 2y ago
"if you don't want your work sold don't put it under an open source license!" — Actual comment by Matt Mullenweg in a Reddit thread about how terrible WPEngine is for profiting off of WordPress. The scary thing is... I&#
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by mthoms 2y ago
I’m surprised someone would attempt to explain the content Generation Z consumes and not even mention social media. Incredible.
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by mthoms 2y ago
Context for anyone interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1gcj8ve/bullenwe... It looks like whoever owned that site transferred it to someone more willing to take on some (possible) lega
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by mthoms 2y ago
It's common practice across the anglosphere (US, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ). I'm not sure about elsewhere.
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by mthoms 2y ago
>It's also not theoretical as Elon's ex-wife + kids were attacked using this method and Paparazzi uses it regularly. There's no evidence that this incident involved the jet tracking. It occurred in the neighbourhood where
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by mthoms 2y ago
Counterpoint. Just have a look how many times ACF is mentioned (for example) in this thread [0]. ACF is massively popular. The fact you've never used it, for as long as you've been involved, is extraordinarily rare. I'm reall
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by mthoms 2y ago
Yep. And the string 'acf' is used throughout the plugin and the plugin download page (in reviews, etc). And 'acf' is indeed a pending trademark registration. Not good.
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by mthoms 2y ago
There are well-established legal processes for resolving issues like trademark infringement. This dispute could have, and should have, been resolved without involving… literally everyone.
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by mthoms 2y ago
Fair. I think to an outsider "Advanced Custom Fields" does sound generic. But in the WordPress world it is the gold standard for which all other plugins are judged. If you look on Wordpress subreddit threads like this one [0] an
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by mthoms 2y ago
>LIVE/APPLICATION/Under Examination. The trademark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the minimum filing requirements) and that this application has been assigned to an examiner. Good catch. Looks like it was
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by mthoms 2y ago
Good catches. Also note that "ACF" is trademarked by WPEngine and is used throughout the source code and reviews.
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by mthoms 2y ago
People are concerned about you, my dude. Very concerned. From one human being to another - please consider taking a step back to get some perspective.
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by mthoms 2y ago
Not just "stealing their place in the plugin store" but also blatantly committing trademark violations. https://imgur.com/a/D7YHn4e Pot... Kettle... Something, something.
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by mthoms 2y ago
Fun fact. The new plugin uses "ACF" throughout the code, throughout the plugin reviews, and the url slug is literally "advanced-custom-fields". Guess who owns the trademark for both those things? WPEngine, that's wh
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by mthoms 2y ago
>The next day, in a post titled, “WP Engine is not WordPress,” Mullenweg wrote that even his mother didn’t know the difference, and he said WP Engine is “profiting off of the confusion” and “needs a trademark license to continue their bu
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by mthoms 2y ago
Right, but none of that says anything to the effect of "excluding non-commercial use". It's a blanket assignment for "hosting of blogs and web sites that utilize any version or component of the WordPress open source publ
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by mthoms 2y ago
It's not just blogging. For example, the Whitehouse uses WordPress for its site. Nasa uses it on some of their sites as does the National Archives. On the commercial side you have The New Yorker, BBC America, Sony, Disney, Facebook and
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by mthoms 2y ago
"The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the software projects we support" https://wordpressfoundation.org That's not only on their website, it's also stated in their 501c3 fil
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by mthoms 2y ago
Thanks Neil. I disagree strongly about dot org being non-commercial. Jetpack and Akismet (Automattic commercial products) have been "featured" plugins since time immemorial. That means they show up ahead of 60,000 other plugins, e
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by mthoms 2y ago
Neil, thanks for your response. But (as you noted) there is still lots of confusion. >Because the WordPress Foundation, not Automattic, owns the WordPress trademarks for non-commercial use, Automattic has no control or veto of what code
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by mthoms 2y ago
Neil, Thanks for participating. I have an honest question: How do you reconcile your post [0] claiming that Automattic controls all commercial aspects of the trademark with Matt's previous claim that "the most central piece of Wor
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by mthoms 2y ago
>Firms that dominate markets enjoy tremendous inertia in customer choice and can take a long time to die That's a really good point. But I think (& hope) it's a little different in the open source world, because people have
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by mthoms 2y ago
Original tweet (since deleted): https://imgur.com/a/OIB65Ro I've always been of the understanding that "responsible" disclosure by definition means only disclosing to the vendor. Shouting on twitter that
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by mthoms 2y ago
Same here. I was vaguely interested in what the sensors do but the linked page didn't help at all. No thanks.
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by mthoms 2y ago
I'm kinda familiar with Sortable, but haven't looked at it in the past several years. I'll have a look again, thanks!

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