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HN discussion seems to have taken a pretty negative attitude recently. WP are letting anyone use the code that powers their own apps. For free. In return we com

by nir 17y ago

HN discussion seems to have taken a pretty negative attitude recently. WP are letting anyone use the code that powers their own apps. For free. In return we complain about the license (how many people write PHP code to be distributed without the source anyway? Wordpress itself is under GPL and seems to do quite nicely) or doubt the security.

mncaudill 17y ago
I'm not sure that this is a WordPress/Automattic release. I couldn't find any indication of who actually is behind this, and the annoying hover ads are a weird touch.
- AdamGibbins 17y ago
  Automattic are behind it, at least it comes from their repo: http://svn.automattic.com/backpress/trunk http://svn.automattic.com/backpress/trunk
  - mncaudill 17y ago
    I stand corrected. The ads are still strange though.
- thechangelog 17y ago
  They're not ads, just a much-maligned preview "feature" from snap.com.