Hi, just dropped in to point out the interview you just linked above. It can be tedious to go through, but start around the 15:00 mark where they discuss the term sheet that Automattic sent to WPE - this is important. Item number 4 has is a "prohibition on forking" anything WooCommerce-related. Apparently WPE had changed the affiliate code in the WooCommerce Stripe plugin, so WPE was credited as the affiliate instead of Automattic. I was not aware that WooCommerce got a kickback for every Stripe transaction done this way (must be in the terms somewhere?) but more to the point, I believe that attempting to legally restrict WPE's rights under the GPL here may in fact be a GPL violation -- software distributed to WPE would have more restrictive terms, which the GPL forbids. Would love to hear Mike's take on that one. The redirected revenue and the fact that Matt has been talking about bringing Advanced Custom Fields - which is owned by WPE - into core would seem to muddy the waters surrounding Matt's motivations here.
Hi, just dropped in to point out the interview you just linked above. It can be tedious to go through, but start around the 15:00 mark where they discuss the term sheet that Automattic sent to WPE - this is important. Item number 4 has is a "prohibition on forking" anything WooCommerce-related. Apparently WPE had changed the affiliate code in the WooCommerce Stripe plugin, so WPE was credited as the affiliate instead of Automattic. I was not aware that WooCommerce got a kickback for every Stripe transaction done this way (must be in the terms somewhere?) but more to the point, I believe that attempting to legally restrict WPE's rights under the GPL here may in fact be a GPL violation -- software distributed to WPE would have more restrictive terms, which the GPL forbids. Would love to hear Mike's take on that one. The redirected revenue and the fact that Matt has been talking about bringing Advanced Custom Fields - which is owned by WPE - into core would seem to muddy the waters surrounding Matt's motivations here.