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TheOne to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin.

www.theverge.com

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WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin.

www.theverge.com

TheOne to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago
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WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
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WordPress.org flexes its control of open-source plugins.
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    Man fuck Matt Mullenweg.

    What an asshole to break thousands of users sites as you try to extract rent for an open source project.

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      Imagine his face when PHP turns around and demands 8% of the WordPress projects funding.

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        Pretty sure he is a meaningful sponsor of PHP.

        edit: https://thephp.foundation/ https://opencollective.com/automattic

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      I wonder how many wp forks this will result in?

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