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Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?

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154 points davidandgoliath | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.296s | source
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jongjong ◴[17 Oct 24 22:08 UTC] No.41874307[source]▶
As an open source creator, I can understand Matt's position to some extent and the frustration behind seeing some competitor profiting from his work. He is clearly eccentric. The part about him asking WP Engine for revenue-sharing in exchange for changing words in his speech made me chuckle. What I don't understand is why he cares so much. He is probably one of the wealthiest OSS people of all time so it seems petty in that context.
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pessimizer ◴[17 Oct 24 22:14 UTC] No.41874340[source]▶
I think when you're rich you'd rather give charity to the needy than to other rich guys.
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1. gitaarik ◴[18 Oct 24 03:58 UTC] No.41876219[source]▶
So in what way is he giving charity to other rich guys?

Or do you mean that any OSS dev is giving charity to people making money using that software?