WordPress co-founder Mullenweg cautioned that the FAIR project's distributed plugin and theme repositories could undermine WordPress.org's ability to manage trust and reliability (www.searchenginejournal.com)
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shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol on 09 Jun 12:32 next collapse

Well, yeah. Isn’t that the stated goal?

Eliminates reliance on any single source for core updates, plugins, themes and translations, enabling federation across the ecosystem from trusted sources

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Brings together a fragmented ecosystem by bringing together plugins from any source, not just a central source, while creating a foundation for modern security practices.

Builds security into the supply chain, including improved cryptographic security measures, enhanced browser compatibility checking, and enabling reliance on trusted source security salts.

Linux Foundation announcement.

deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 09 Jun 15:16 collapse

If I don’t personally control everyone’s use of the project, people might use it without paying my company!

nous@programming.dev on 09 Jun 13:03 collapse

Fairly sure that Matt Mullenweg has already completely undermined Wordpress.org’s trust and reliability.

Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Jun 15:36 collapse

Truth