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You make an opensource project, provide hosting services, then others take your project, modify it for their needs, cut into your hosting market share and then

You make an opensource project, provide hosting services, then others take your project, modify it for their needs, cut into your hosting market share and then you try to get rid of them. ...What was the end game plan?

dangsux 2y ago
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gorbachev 2y ago
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if he'd had secured funding for a new CMS platform startup and is secretly working on it. He seems absolutely hellbent on assuring nobody should use Wordpress.
- mimsee 2y ago
  After this, who would trust his second try?
  - gorbachev 2y ago
    I certainly wouldn't, true.
maccard 2y ago
I don’t think this is a reasonable argument. The landscape when Wordpress was released was wildly wildly different to how it is today, and we shouldn’t begrudge someone for not foreseeing how this would unfold from the landscape in the mid 2000’s. We should judge for how it’s being handled now.
RobotToaster 2y ago
He didn't make shit, wordpress is a fork of b2/cafelog.
mirzap 2y ago
Automattic was an early investor in WPE in 2011, but then they made a mistake and sold their shares. In addition, the GPL allows you to do what you mentioned. You can take any GPL-licensed code and use it for commercial purposes without having to contribute back. The license is designed to protect you in this way, and it aligns with the spirit of GPL. Expecting something in return for open-sourcing code is not in line with the spirit of GPL and open-source software. If you're not comfortable with other people making money from your code, it's best not to open-source it.
weird-eye-issue 2y ago
What a terrible take WordPress.com is only successful in the first place because WordPress was open source and had so many hosting options Also what do you mean it was modified? WPE didn't fork or modify WordPress any more than other hosts
- nurettin 2y ago
  We agree on both points, so I don't get what the bad take was.

dangsux 2y ago

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gorbachev 2y ago

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if he'd had secured funding for a new CMS platform startup and is secretly working on it. He seems absolutely hellbent on assuring nobody should use Wordpress.

mimsee 2y ago
After this, who would trust his second try?
- gorbachev 2y ago
  I certainly wouldn't, true.

maccard 2y ago

I don’t think this is a reasonable argument. The landscape when Wordpress was released was wildly wildly different to how it is today, and we shouldn’t begrudge someone for not foreseeing how this would unfold from the landscape in the mid 2000’s. We should judge for how it’s being handled now.

RobotToaster 2y ago

He didn't make shit, wordpress is a fork of b2/cafelog.

mirzap 2y ago

Automattic was an early investor in WPE in 2011, but then they made a mistake and sold their shares. In addition, the GPL allows you to do what you mentioned. You can take any GPL-licensed code and use it for commercial purposes without having to contribute back. The license is designed to protect you in this way, and it aligns with the spirit of GPL. Expecting something in return for open-sourcing code is not in line with the spirit of GPL and open-source software. If you're not comfortable with other people making money from your code, it's best not to open-source it.

weird-eye-issue 2y ago

What a terrible take WordPress.com is only successful in the first place because WordPress was open source and had so many hosting options Also what do you mean it was modified? WPE didn't fork or modify WordPress any more than other hosts

nurettin 2y ago
We agree on both points, so I don't get what the bad take was.