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by bigiain 2y ago
> The trademark dispute ... Is something Matt started, when he suddenly went after WPEngine for trademark use after decades of their use - during which time Matt praised and even invested in their business. And he has publicly admitted t
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by bigiain 2y ago
The Narcissist’s Prayer (by Dayna Craig) That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did, you deserv
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by bigiain 2y ago
I'd love to see the receipts where Automattic is paying 8% of their revenue to Rasmus Lerdorf or a company he's in control of? Seems totally fair, right? WordPress is 100% reliant on PHP and getting updates, new features, and secu
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by bigiain 2y ago
Congratulations! "I hope I never mullenweg a project this badly." That is the only good thing I've seen come out of this whole debacle. This needs to become standard tech/OSS lexicon, and Matt's enduring legacy.
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by bigiain 2y ago
Perhaps in the "progressive cognitive dysfunction" sense...
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by bigiain 2y ago
> Matt is really, really, really out of touch with his own userbase. I think Matt probably has some idea of a "user base" for which he's "fighting the good fight". But it doesn't include _me_. Or any of the
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by bigiain 2y ago
Shit, I'd forgotten that Gravitar is Matt's. Just deleted my Gravitar profile/account, which required me to delete my Wordpress.com account too.
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by bigiain 2y ago
In WordPress core? I dunno, but I doubt it's as high as 99%, I wouldn't be too surprised if it was way below 50%, most likely way way below. In the wordpress.org theme/plugin repo that Matt's weaponised in his tantrum? I
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by bigiain 2y ago
OK, replace "WPEngine" with AWS/GCE/Azure/every-other-server-host. Thery all sell customer's services that rely on linux kernel (and gnu utilities). I don't see Torvalds or Stallman getting high and trying
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by bigiain 2y ago
> changing the license in a next version Can Matt do that though? I don't _think_ WordPress has a copyright assignment agreement for contributors? So neither Matt nor Automattic nor wordpress.org nor The WordPress Foundation can cho
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by bigiain 2y ago
That's a really good response, thanks. I've been very impressed by all of your responses in here, but that one in particular shows empathy, compassion, and a deep deep subject matter expertise.
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by bigiain 2y ago
"I too would like commit access to your promising looking project's git repo and CI/CD pipeline. Thanks, Jia Tan"
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by bigiain 2y ago
> You are paying for a complete package that you can fit in your pocket. Yeah. I've got raspberry pis, and some USB Wi-Fi adaptors specifically bought for having monitor mode, and a few different RTL-SDRs, and a HackRF One, and an U
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by bigiain 2y ago
Yep. Non rolling code garage doors seem to be ubiquitous in rental properties here (Sydney Australia). Rolling codes are better. But if you haven't seen it, Samy Kamkar has a device called Roll Jam, take a look at the last ~5 mins of t
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by bigiain 2y ago
I find my FlipperZero is a super fun tool for exploring stuff I'm even vaguely curious about, which I can then use to design/build things I want. Both my motorcycles now have about $8 worth of AliExpress parts including a CC1101 r
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by bigiain 2y ago
I sometimes wonder how directly some of the big flashy renewable energy projects in Australia are funded by coal exports to China...
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It wasn't that great, but some of the callbacks had promises...
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by bigiain 2y ago
No. They're in a completely different agriculture related business. They have a custom web app to run the business part of their business, but rely heavily on their WordPress site for marketing, discovery, and customer acquisition. The
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by bigiain 2y ago
Yes. and that's sad. Very sad. Having said that, it seems that many people (me included) have been assuming things about "the WordPress Foundation" that are not true. It apparently is _not_ the steward of the wordpress.org re
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by bigiain 2y ago
> I’d posit I’ve been working with WP longer than you. Perhaps? Maybe I'm older than I look... I've never specialised in WP, but my earliest WP work was on 2.5 back in 2008-ish after I jumped ship from a gruelling (and failing)
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by bigiain 2y ago
How much would you bet against most (or all?) of Matt's "donations" being money he spent to keep wordpress.org running? (which he explicitly admits is not owned by the WordPress Foundation, but is owned by Matt personally)
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by bigiain 2y ago
To save a few clicks and page scans, In 1, the WordPress Foundation who owns the Wordpress trademark says: The abbreviation “WP” is not covered by the WordPress trademarks and you are free to use it in any way you see fit. 2 changed
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by bigiain 2y ago
> What is the endgoal for WpEngine. Not paying $30mil a year in extortion? > Are they legally in the clear?(Note:Legally) IANAL, but: The code is GPL ("GPL2 or newer"). That gives WPEngine (and you and me) a clear license to
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"I’ll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate. Matt, its probably way past time to put down the crackpipe and open the windows."
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by bigiain 2y ago
Yeah. One of those clients is hosted on GCE. She is quite technical and plugged into general IT news, and they are in the middle of due diligence with potential investors though. > In terms of going nuclear, anything regarding trademark
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by bigiain 2y ago
Tell me of one where a small business can get an experienced CMS user/editor/publisher on practically zero notice, and at basically regular office admin payrates. _That_ is WordPress's "killer feature". And its why
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by bigiain 2y ago
> who cares Almost nobody. Except the people who are responsible for or manage 40+% of the websites on the internet. The ones who are aware of how early they might become "acceptable collateral damage" to Matt's deranged &
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by bigiain 2y ago
> You could create an equivalent repo off of one of the existing mirrors Can you though? And if so, for how much longer? Matt is already not letting developers log into wordpress.org without disclaiming any relationship with WPEngine. He
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by bigiain 2y ago
"Mirror"? Maybe? I'd argue that what WPEngine sells (rents?) is perhaps closer to a "distro" in the Redhat/Ubuntu/Arch/whatever sense. They use WordPress core the way Ubuntu uses the Linux kernel. The
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by bigiain 2y ago
> WP has needed this for a very long time Said no-one using WP for their website ever. To a first approximation, about zero people/companies have a problem they need solved which boils down to "I need a replacement for WordPres

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