Wordpress Drama

[Paul B]

That post (on the other site) is just stupid.

It's fairly obvious who the author is considering it has been edited numerous times since it was posted, the use of the phrase "pound sand", the reference to anal eze, and the rant about XF developers and add-ons.

So that's at least 2 different pseudonyms now.

 

[Slavik]

They have "proof". We welcome and look forward to them sharing it.

Dont call Tracy Opus Neos bluff!! He might not be able to back it up

 

[Suzanne O]

Lol... XF staff pranking some internet forum pest...
i'll have to laugh at this!

 

[Rusty Snippets]

I’ve come for the add-ons, but staying for the drama!

 

[badmonkey]

You think the WordPress drama is bad? No body has seen the XenForo drama?

The bad guys (that are XenForo or one of their representatives) recently sent a cease and desist letter to some random SMF forum named "xenforohelp.com". Because we don't allow the use of the name "XenForo".

This is categorically untrue and clearly inspired by the recent WordPress events and fabricated by someone (we know exactly who it is, by the way) with an axe to grind. Someone who goes to extraordinary lengths to simultaneously be a part of this community by pretending to be someone else because they are no longer welcome here. Which judging by the number of reports we're getting from members here, is the worst kept secret.

They have "proof". We welcome and look forward to them sharing it. It certainly didn't come from us or one of our representatives. Some people have far too much time on their hands.

For the avoidance of doubt, we have no particular issue with people utilising the name "xenforo" in their URLs, or forum names. The only rule is that it shouldn't be an attempt to mislead or deceive to make it look like it's officially affiliated with us.

Anyway, back to the WordPress stuff. Just thought the parallels of this accusation and the WordPress drama were amusing, given that someone with clearly no imagination dreamt it up after seeing all of this.

Internet drama?? Say it ain't so!!

 

[RobinHood]

Matt's gone and initiated a hostile takeover of ACF - anyone who hasn't updated their version of ACF already to point to the new WP Engine hosted version will automatically be upgraded to the new "SCF" WordPress.org version at the next update, whether manual or automatic.

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[AWS]

I guess I better get rid of the xenforoskins.com domain that's sitting in my shopping cart at Namecheap.

 

[Digital Doctor]

hostile takeover of ACF, Advanced Custom Fields plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress dot org.

I'll call this move as going to far.
I've been pro Matt so far. I think WP Engine are sponges.

 

[Paul B]

I guess I better get rid of the xenforoskins.com domain that's sitting in my shopping cart at Namecheap.

I own xenforo1skins.com, xenforo2skins.com, and xenforo3skins.com.

I'm hoping there isn't XF 4 ...

 

[Chris D]

Spoke about XenForo 4 yesterday…

 

[Rusty Snippets]

Somehow Xenforoforeskins.com seems wrong.....

 

[RobinHood]

I heard the fourth version will be Xen4o

Community software and LLM model combined. No need for users, just deploy and ask it to chat amongst itself. Like a modern Tamagotchi.

 

[Forsaken]

You think the WordPress drama is bad? No body has seen the XenForo drama?

The bad guys (that are XenForo or one of their representatives) recently sent a cease and desist letter to some random SMF forum named "xenforohelp.com". Because we don't allow the use of the name "XenForo".

This is categorically untrue and clearly inspired by the recent WordPress events and fabricated by someone (we know exactly who it is, by the way) with an axe to grind. Someone who goes to extraordinary lengths to simultaneously be a part of this community by pretending to be someone else because they are no longer welcome here. Which judging by the number of reports we're getting from members here, is the worst kept secret.

They have "proof". We welcome and look forward to them sharing it. It certainly didn't come from us or one of our representatives. Some people have far too much time on their hands.

For the avoidance of doubt, we have no particular issue with people utilising the name "xenforo" in their URLs, or forum names. The only rule is that it shouldn't be an attempt to mislead or deceive to make it look like it's officially affiliated with us.

Anyway, back to the WordPress stuff. Just thought the parallels of this accusation and the WordPress drama were amusing, given that someone with clearly no imagination dreamt it up after seeing all of this.

The request was to avoid using XenForo since the initial discussion of how XF would handle the trademark. It is why people with with Xen or XF in their names .

Matt's gone and initiated a hostile takeover of ACF - anyone who hasn't updated their version of ACF already to point to the new WP Engine hosted version will automatically be upgraded to the new "SCF" WordPress.org version at the next update, whether manual or automatic.

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I... do not know how legal this actually is. While the code is GPL, and it is allowed to be forked, this is directly taking over installations after they have purposely blocked the developer from updating their product. They also sell a premium version, which could be viewed as direct business interference.

Even if it is legal, in the context of them being sued for interfering directly with WP Engine's business this is another example they can throw into the court case. At a certain point, even if every action they take is legal, they can still be held accountable for multiple targeted actions .

 

[Forsaken]

Spoke about XenForo 4 yesterday…

I have an old neutral beige/flesh colored skin I never released, I could release it as the XenFore Skin if you'd like.

 

[Suzanne O]

Spoke about XenForo 4 yesterday…

Just read their post about what you were saying earlier...

What an abusive site those internet pests run... That's all i have to say about that.

 

[eva2000]

Matt's gone and initiated a hostile takeover of ACF - anyone who hasn't updated their version of ACF already to point to the new WP Engine hosted version will automatically be upgraded to the new "SCF" WordPress.org version at the next update, whether manual or automatic

Definitely going to rub WordPress developers the wrong way!

 

[eva2000]

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[Jake70]

 

[Forsaken]

Matt has now banned NitroPack:

Matt essentially admitting that their actions with ACF are retalation for the lawsuit:

Multiple people who are working on Wordpress Core features, or contributing have begun to abandon their work because of the continued actions of Matt, noticeably the guy who was doing a Fields API: https://github.com/sc0ttkclark/wordpress-fields-api

Matt being bitter about being called out on 'open source', fighting with the founder of Ruby/Ruby on Rails: https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/

This coke bender doesn't seem to be ending soon.

 

[Ricsca]

@Forsaken do you realize that you are continuing to write innuendos about Matt regarding the possibility that he uses substances that could lead to a lawsuit?