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minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·1 day agoHonestly one of the best explainers I’ve read on the crazy drama. What does the ideal endgame look like for WordPress? How does any of this accomplish anything?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·1 day agoIt strokes the ego of a colossal douche. That’s the whole game.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoSo it’s like MAGA, except the colossal douche just oversees a FOSS project? LMAO
minus-squarerc__buggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoAutomattic really should have trademarked “WP” as it relates to CMS but they didn’t so I guess they want those two letters? They are trying to extract money or other support from WP Engine, yet with GPLv2 WP Engine doesn’t owe Automattic shit.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIt mostly harms small businesses
Honestly one of the best explainers I’ve read on the crazy drama.
What does the ideal endgame look like for WordPress? How does any of this accomplish anything?
It strokes the ego of a colossal douche.
That’s the whole game.
So it’s like MAGA, except the colossal douche just oversees a FOSS project? LMAO
Automattic really should have trademarked “WP” as it relates to CMS but they didn’t so I guess they want those two letters? They are trying to extract money or other support from WP Engine, yet with GPLv2 WP Engine doesn’t owe Automattic shit.
It mostly harms small businesses