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Patrick | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I understood Automattic's point in the WPE stuff at first but Matt seems to be going off the deep end. The stuff with ACF yesterday blew my mind.
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Evan | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, that was way over the line.
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PerlStalker | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm half convinced that the actions that WordPress have taken are in violation of the GPLv2 which the WordPress source is licensed under.
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Patrick | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 While it's definitely sleezy to use your control of the underlying repository I don't see how it violates GPL?
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PerlStalker | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The GPL requires the the source be made available. Blocking WPE from accessing the public source could be perceived as violating that portion of the GPL. I'm not a lawyer so I could easily be wrong.