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Regardless of all else I'm hoping we can all agree on: * The wordpress foundation (and wordpress.org) is not independent enough from Matt & Automattic * takin
by SahAssar 2y ago
Regardless of all else I'm hoping we can all agree on:
* The wordpress foundation (and wordpress.org) is not independent enough from Matt & Automattic
* taking over a package in a package registry with automatic updates is really, really bad
- benatkin 2y ago> The wordpress foundation (and wordpress.org) is not independent enough from Matt & Automattic I see people call for this, and I'd like to see that energy used to call for antitrust against Facebook, which grew at the same time as WordPress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Meta_Platforms,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Me.... I don't think they meant to express the intention of it being independent when creating a nonprofit. I think they just created a nonprofit because that's what made the most sense of the available options. I think a B Corp is more along the lines of what was intended.
- SahAssar 2y agoI don't think anyone thinks of Meta or Facebook products as open-source in the same way as WordPress (they have open source projects but none that are as core to their business as WordPress is to Automattic). Even now it seems like Matt is trying to shroud himself in open-source as a defense. If so the foundation should be more independent.