Matt Mullenweg and WordPress Hijack the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin – Pixel Envy
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A bit of background, for those not steeped in the world of WordPress development: there exists a plugin called Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) which allows developers to create near-endless customization options for end clients in the standard page and post editor. It is hard to explain in a single paragraph — the WordPress.com guide is […]
  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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    16 days ago

    The really hilarious part is that he’s hijacking the link to ACF.

    The link that contains the ACF trademark, since WPEngine owns the trademark.

    So, the guy mad about trademark infringement is… busy hijacking links and committing trademark infringement?

    Good show, I’m sure his lawyers are VERY happy about this one.

    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      101·
      16 days ago

      People like this aren’t usually rational, they’ve just snapped for whatever reason and are doing whatever makes sense in their own head at the time.