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This might be the tl;dr quote: > And then he offered the closest thing you’ll find to a Unified Theory of Matt Mullenweg. “As more and more of our lives start
by jkhdigital 5y ago
This might be the tl;dr quote:
> And then he offered the closest thing you’ll find to a Unified Theory of Matt Mullenweg. “As more and more of our lives start to be run and dictated by the technology we use, it's a human right to be able to see how that technology works and modify it. It’s as key to freedom as freedom of speech or freedom of religion. So that is what I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting for.”
Contrast with this link also (currently) on the HN front page: https://gavinhoward.com/2021/12/is-it-even-worth-working-on-foss-anymore/ https://gavinhoward.com/2021/12/is-it-even-worth-working-on-...
- tyingq 5y agoThat does seem laudable, but Automattic isn't open sourcing all the things they are buying either.
- ssl232 5y agoI'd rather say the tl;dr quote is: > He plans to spend the rest of his career building the web’s one true platform, the open system the internet deserves. and his Camus quote later on: > "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”