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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

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465 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 18:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | 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. threatofrain ◴[11 Jan 25 21:05 UTC] No.42668921[source]▶
There's a good argument to be made that entities like WPE actually make WP more popular and viable as a solution. WPE is no more "sucking" things up than any other business which relies on open source software.

Open source software is about a specific kind of spirit, a way of relating to the community, and if you don't have that spirit then you shouldn't get the corresponding benefits of viral spread, contributions, increased credibility, or community goodwill.