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by jnwatson 613 days ago
I'm not on Matt's side, but anyone has the right to fork a GPL project and call it something else.
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mirzap 613 days 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.
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ankleturtle 613 days ago
Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.
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ImPostingOnHN 613 days ago
That isn't what happened here.
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