Title: Does compiled React count as source code?
Last modified: May 15, 2020

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# Does compiled React count as source code?

 *  Resolved [franga2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franga2000/)
 * (@franga2000)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-compiled-react-count-as-source-code/)
 * Hi!
 * This question is ultimately one for whoever has the final word in enforcing the
   WordPress.org Plugin Developer Guidelines, so if someone could point me to where
   I can contact them that would be appreciated. That being said, I welcome everyone’s
   input.
 * I recently came across a plugin on the directory that I wanted to modify for 
   my use case, but only provided a minified and obfuscated JavaScript bundle (as
   is the norm in JS) in the release repo.
 * This was a clear violation of the guidelines and the GPL itself, which I told
   them about and they responded by giving me the unminified bundle. _For anyone
   not too familiar with “modern” JS, the bundle is basically “compiled” from the
   original (in this case React+JSX) source files and therefore isn’t really source
   code in the GPL sense._
 * So my question here is **does this still count as a violation** and, were they
   not to listen to me, **who might be able to compell them to provide the true 
   source code**.

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-compiled-react-count-as-source-code/#post-12839514)
 * You’re asking in the wrong place and plugin guidelines are not a matter of opinion
   or popular consent. 😉
 * You can send your question to the plugins team via `plugins[at]wordpress.org`
   or ask in the WordPress Slack channel #pluginreview
 * To use that channel you need a Slack account. You can obtain one via these instructions.
 * [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
    -  This reply was modified 6 years ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Removed part from pre-defined reply that made no sense in this context
      and I should drink less coffee as that happens
 *  Thread Starter [franga2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franga2000/)
 * (@franga2000)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-compiled-react-count-as-source-code/#post-12839662)
 * Thanks, that’s what I was looking for. For some reason I just couldn’t find the
   contact info.

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 * Last reply from: [franga2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franga2000/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-compiled-react-count-as-source-code/#post-12839662)
 * Status: resolved

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