Recent content by Jonathan Bossenger

  1. Jonathan Bossenger

    Reporting BobPay for unethical behaviour

    You can thank the original GPL license under which WordPress was released :) . Any WordPress derivatives (including plugins and themes) that want to be hosted and distributed on WordPress.org directories also have to be licensed under the GPL. While I do agree that Shopify is easier from a...
  2. Jonathan Bossenger

    Reporting BobPay for unethical behaviour

    If a plugin is reported, it may trigger a review of all the developer's plugins. That might have happened here.
  3. Jonathan Bossenger

    Reporting BobPay for unethical behaviour

    FWIW, any WordPress plugin hosted on the WordPress.org plugin directory that violates the WordPress plugin guidelines can be reported by emailing [email protected]. Having an official plugin review team that treats each case on it's own merit is (hopefully) building the kind of trust that...
  4. Jonathan Bossenger

    Reporting BobPay for unethical behaviour

    @Jan I hope you don't mind me pointing this out, but there's a minor error in the article Automattic doesn't place the plugins on wordpress.org on hold, the plugin review team does, which are a group of volunteers. (https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/) Automattic owns WordPress.com (yes, it...
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