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Well, wordpress.org runs at a large loss...not clear how that could work exactly...
by phonon 2y ago
Well, wordpress.org runs at a large loss...not clear how that could work exactly...
- throwup238 2y agoThe Foundation gives its subsidiary money, just like any other parent company can. Whether or not Wordpress.org makes money is irrelevant to its for/non profit status. It’s a legal technicality due to IRS tax exemption rules for unrelated business activities. They have to put those operations into a separate subsidiary, even if it never makes any profit. If the nonprofit can’t afford to run Wordpress.org then the whole nonprofit was a farce anyway.
- phonon 2y agoWhere does the Foundation get such money? In 2022 it had revenues of $23k.[1] [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205498932 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205...
- throwup238 2y agoSo it was a farce to begin with. Matt clearly had no intention of letting it be an independent foundation.
- ValentineC 2y ago> Well, wordpress.org runs at a large loss Someone's getting paid something for the hosting referrals here: https://wordpress.org/hosting/ https://wordpress.org/hosting/ I quote from the page: > If you do decide to go with one of the hosts below and click through from this page, some will donate a portion of your fee back
- nchmy 2y agoThis has more info on the topic https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/10/28/matt-mullenweg-claimed-he-makes-money-off-of-wordpress-org/ https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/10/28/matt-mullen...