<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Alexei, Nyall and friends</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have delisted the plugin and disabled their account, cc'd Admire so we dont relist them under another name.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would not bother hard blocking urls and chasing them for penalties - that sounds like a high effort, low reward activity...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">In case you have not already seen it, please comment on <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/390">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/390</a> where we propose a major overhaul of how we make plugins available.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Tim</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer <<a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, 1 Nov 2026 at 08:03, Régis Haubourg via QGIS-Developer<br>
<<a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Yes, I did too.  Clearly unsolicited and not respecting GDPR.<br>
> We'll contact them on behalf of the PSC and revoking is indeed an option.<br>
<br>
This is so clearly over-the-line that I'd suggest an appropriate<br>
response would be :<br>
<br>
- They are permanently blocked from submission of any plugins to QGIS,<br>
and a hard block placed on accessing their URLs in<br>
QgsNetworkAccessManager (to render their services completely unusable<br>
from QGIS)<br>
or<br>
- They pay a penalty and must sign up to become a gold/silver project<br>
sponsor for xx years.<br>
<br>
Nyall<br>
<br>
><br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> Régis Haubourg<br>
> Elected member at the Program Steering Comitee of QGIS.org.<br>
> -<br>
><br>
> On 31/10/2026 20:08, Alexei Schwab via QGIS-Developer wrote:<br>
><br>
> Have others also received spam from this plugin? I got unsolicited email advertising it to an email address only used as the contact for a Qgis plugin.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://github.com/FortyGuard-Tech/qgis-fortyguard-heatmap" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/FortyGuard-Tech/qgis-fortyguard-heatmap</a><br>
><br>
> If this is widespread can admins remove them from the repository to discourage this behaviour?<br>
><br>
> Alexei<br>
><br>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tim Sutton</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Kartoza Cofounder<br></b><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);text-align:center">Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee</span><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>E </b>:<b> </b><a href="mailto:tim@kartoza.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">tim@kartoza.com</a>          <b>W</b> : <a href="http://kartoza.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">kartoza.com</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><i><img src="https://kartoza.com/files/KartozaEmailSignature.gif" width="420" height="77"><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you </i><div><i>have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying</i></div><div><i>of the contents is prohibited.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div>