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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

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465 points impish9208 | 2 comments | 11 Jan 25 18:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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blackeyeblitzar ◴[11 Jan 25 19:51 UTC] No.42668473[source]▶
I haven’t followed this whole controversy closely but I don’t see a problem with this personally. It’s aggressive but this person spent most of their life building Wordpress to what it is, giving it dedicated focus for a couple decades. Why should WPEngine or others get to suck up the money from that?
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1. stonogo ◴[11 Jan 25 20:06 UTC] No.42668556[source]▶
I didn't know someone who worked on a piece software for a long time was entitled to every dollar everywhere associated with it! I'll have to send some emails; I think I've got some money inbound.

It's ironic he's so terrified of someone forking Wordpress, since Wordpress itself is a fork.

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2. mixdup ◴[11 Jan 25 20:55 UTC] No.42668855[source]▶
>I didn't know someone who worked on a piece software for a long time was entitled to every dollar everywhere associated with it!

Parent comment OP must work for developer relations at Apple