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mirzap 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

It doesn't matter. Matt didn't have the right to hijack ACF.

jnwatson 8 months ago [–]

I'm not on Matt's side, but anyone has the right to fork a GPL project and call it something else.

mirzap 8 months ago | | [–]

This is not a fork. He stole the original project plugin space, its reviews, download statistics, SEO traffic, etc. It has nothing to do with GPL.

ankleturtle 8 months ago | | | [–]

Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.

ImPostingOnHN 8 months ago | | [–]

That isn't what happened here.

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