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Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
How's everyone feeling about Matt Mullenweg/Wordpress right now?
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Darryl Yeo đ ïž
@darrylyeo
Iâve never seen someone destroy their reputation so fast. Clearly thereâs a conflict of interest here. Losing situation for all sides if not fixed immediately â WordPress.org and WP Engine both lose users, and creators lose trust as their operations are needlessly hamstrung by the censorship of services âčïž
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Darryl Yeo đ ïž
@darrylyeo
Looks like Matt went on a livestream to explain his position â assuming what he said is true, heâs been trying to resolve this trademark dispute for a while. Still, not sure if blocking access to WordPress.orgâs CDN was an appropriate response. https://youtu.be/H6F0PgMcKWM
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Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
It's baffling to watch. There must be more to it. I just don't understand why someone would die on this particular hill. Go back and read what he wrote in the post where he called WP Engine a cancer. https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/ How I interpret all of this just comes down to principles. What WP Engine is doing with Wordpress is not aligned with Matt's principles â they turn off a feature (revisions) that Matt says makes Wordpress Wordpress. The software is Open Source with a GPLv2 license. Matt built a platform that others could build businesses on top of in many different ways and he doesn't like what WP Engine's business. From an outsider's perspective, it looks like Matt is being childish. Worse, because of his actions, customers are caught in the middle. Maybe I don't understand, but it kinda sours me on Matt and Wordpress.
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Darryl Yeo đ ïž
@darrylyeo
Agreed, itâs very weird. WP Engine should be free to change the functionality as they see fit for their infrastructure. Who is Matt to tell them what they can do with their own fork of an open source project, lol
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Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Apparently it also has to do with not giving back in the form of a license fee or contribution to the codebase. And while I think it's reasonable for Matt to be upset about it, I don't understand why WP Engine is *obligated* to do so just because they have a successful business and are associated with a private equity firm.
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Darryl Yeo đ ïž
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Yup, extorting them in this fashion is quite petty of him. Hope he comes to his senses.
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