[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16838: Excluding Akismet from Future WordPress Releases

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#16838: Excluding Akismet from Future WordPress Releases
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 Reporter:  sc0ttkclark  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by flomei):

 No discussion?

 Sorry, but right from the start people made clear that it´s kind of
 unfair/a thin line to walk on if Automattic is allowed to bundle its
 plugins with the WP Core, while no one else would have that chance. No
 matter whether Automattic puts that money back in the development of WP or
 not, there are lots of companies making money with/through WP.

 This is even more problematic as it is not quite clear whether you have to
 pay for the license or not. As mentioned before, people could have more
 than one blog and could then be hit by the rating as a commercial site.

 Furthermore there are legal problems for probably all countries in the EU.
 Most users are not aware of these legal problems, which you could see as
 the users problem, but I see quite some responsibility on the side of
 Automattic, too. It´s like putting a loaded gun somewhere and then saying
 you could not expect that people would find and fire it. It´s just naive
 and a bad excuse to say it´s just bundled but not activated from the
 beginning on.

 Removing Akismet from the standard bundle is a core task. Just drop the
 akismet folder and it´s done. Whether or not Akismet should be improved
 and get a privacy setting or whatever. That doesn´t matter regarding the
 aspect whether WP is clean from the beginning on or is already "bloated"
 with stuff from people/companies who have influence in the development
 process.

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