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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by aftbit on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:26PM (#41628437)
I dunno, I think its pretty acceptable for FOSS project leaders to call out behavior they don't like, even if it is technically legal. That's sort of the point of moral leadership, right? I do wonder to what extent this blog post is a preamble to a trademark lawsuit, which might be a bridge too far.
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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by rpgbr on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:29PM (#41628463)
It could be if the leader didn't gained anything by pointing out a bad behavior in the ecosystem, which isn't the case for Matt. He runs a direct competitor to WP Engine.
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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by yunohn on Monday September 23, 2024 @02:04PM (#41628820)
I think it’s fair for the creator of the product (WP) to criticize competition that undermines a feature he considers important to him. He also makes a very important point about WPEngine not contributing back to the AGPLv2 codebase you are talking about.
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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by FireBeyond on Monday September 23, 2024 @02:42PM (#41629240)
> I think it’s fair for the creator of the product (WP) to criticize competition that undermines a feature he considers important to him

That his own product ALSO gates access to, unless you pay the top tier for?

I don't think it's fair to criticize the competition for that, and not acknowledge that you do the same, no.

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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by yunohn on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:06PM (#41629454)
How is it gated on Wordpress.com? Here are the docs:

https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/revisions/

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Re:Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org lead... by FireBeyond on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:48PM (#41632675)
That's the open source project. WordPress.com, Matt's for-profit venture, gates revisions (and statistics, and plugins) behind a higher paying tier.
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