The Battle for the Soul of WordPress

15 pointsposted 9 months ago
by joshmanders
(double-zero.cloud)

11 Comments

rideontime

9 months ago

The florid, over-the-top language, tortured metaphors, and complete dearth of substance all reek of ChatGPT. And no mention of the extortion attempt documented in WPEngine's C&D, or the trademark terms that were changed today to try to justify it?

Liltechnomancer

9 months ago

I wrote it before the terms were changed, and they provided very little in terms of proof of extortion. Just proof that he wanted something resolved before giving the talk. Extortion is a bold claim.

rideontime

9 months ago

He also sent the extortionate messages before the terms were changed. How is it exactly that paying a licensing fee to Automattic would resolve this situation?

user

9 months ago

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Liltechnomancer

9 months ago

Josh you had no explicit permission to post this and will be hearing from my lawyer.

shrubble

9 months ago

Are you the owner of the site that is linked to? How are you able to complain about linking to something you published openly on your website?

mediumsmart

9 months ago

The same WordPress that is stabbing the soul of the internet 24/7 ?

cuddlyogre

9 months ago

Is this part of a larger drama I'm missing?

Liltechnomancer

9 months ago

I wasn’t really expecting this to be people’s first exposer to the drama. Should have added the backstory, but yeah there is a whole drama revolving around the WPConf.