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can someone please explain the feud for those of us who are out of the loop?
by dustingetz 2y ago
can someone please explain the feud for those of us who are out of the loop?
- sccxy 2y agoMatt Mullenweg - owner of wordpress.org (open-source project) and wordpress.com (paid WordPress hosting provider) He is angry that WPEngine makes money with Wordpress hosting. He thinks wordpress.com should be the only paid WordPress hosting provider. He demanded 8% of revenue of WP Engine or he would embark on a “scorched earth nuclear approach” to WP Engine. https://bullenweg.com https://bullenweg.com
- chii 2y agowordpress itself is GPL, so anyone, not just WPEngine, should be allowed to freely provide hosting. This is exactly what elastic search faced, which necessitated their changing of their license, and subsequently, caused AWS to fork elastic search. Elastic search cannot, and do not, have the right to demand payment from AWS.