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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

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465 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 18:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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sa752 ◴[12 Jan 25 04:57 UTC] No.42671388[source]▶
Again, the problem with forking WP is wordpress.org. yes you can setup a new plugin/theme repository.

The problem is how does someone who owns a plugin on .org validate their ownership on the new repository?

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1. gitaarik ◴[13 Jan 25 05:59 UTC] No.42680502[source]▶
Well, you can ask them to upload a particular file with a particular key to their plugin on WordPress.org. That way you can prove you have access, and you should be allowed ownership of the plugin on the fork.