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

Pro@programming.dev · 23 days ago

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

shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol · 23 days ago

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 · 22 days ago

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