> You have to move all installations to the new ___domain, but you don't have to do that in 1 day.
YES, YOU DO! At least you have to move the majority of all installations day 1. I don't know why you keep repeating this.
Matt stealing a plugin isn't a theoretical issue. He has already done it. It has happened. I'm not constructing some unlikely scenario, I'm telling you what already occurred. WP plugins are GPL licensed, so there's no legal risk if he doesn't behave incredibly stupidly.
You keep throwing technical solutions against a social and economical issue. It doesn't work. There's no technical solution here.
Every plugin you move gradually is a livelihood you potentially destroyed. Can you at least acknowledge this?
Oh yeah ok, I guess I did forget a bit the important detail that most WP plugin developers are making money from a subscription plan on the WordPress.org site. So yeah their income is basically tied to that ___domain name.
Yeah ok, that sucks pretty hard.
Ok, then what about DDOSing wp.org during the entire transition? Just an idea, maybe a bit crazy.
YES, YOU DO! At least you have to move the majority of all installations day 1. I don't know why you keep repeating this.
Matt stealing a plugin isn't a theoretical issue. He has already done it. It has happened. I'm not constructing some unlikely scenario, I'm telling you what already occurred. WP plugins are GPL licensed, so there's no legal risk if he doesn't behave incredibly stupidly.
You keep throwing technical solutions against a social and economical issue. It doesn't work. There's no technical solution here.
Every plugin you move gradually is a livelihood you potentially destroyed. Can you at least acknowledge this?