This part of the post describing the acquisition caught my attention:

"Awesome Motive CEO Syed Balkhi announced his company acquired the All in One SEO Pack (AIOSEO) plugin"

The AIOSEO plugin is under GPL. Anyone can is free to acquire the plugin under GPL. So why is the acquisition talked about as if the plugin itself was acquired?

What was really acquired are the rights to plugin's brand trademark and the staff who developed the plugin.

I think better and more accurate would have been, "Company X acquires company Y, the creators of Z plugin. The acquisition included, 1, 2 3..."

This sets us up for better understanding and discussion of the transaction.

Thanks!