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Imagine if GitHub or npm took control of your open-source project, republished it as their own, gaslit all your users into thinking it’s a security update, then extorted you for money because they don’t like your business practices. This just happened with the WordPress plug-in registry and WP Engine (one of the most commercially successful WordPress hosts), and lots of customers and mom-and-pop shops are getting caught in the crossfire. Matt Mullenweg, successful as he is, is setting a terrible precedent for open-source software and needs to step down from WordPress and Automattic immediately. https://world.hey.com/dhh/open-source-royalty-and-mad-kings-a8f79d16
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woah, what a well written piece. outside the actual content, these are some serious goals.
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@harris-
Reminds me of the time GitHub deleted everyone's code from "bad countries" that one time without any warning
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@samuellhuber.eth
/microsub tip: 112 $DEGEN
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have you looked into Radicle? it tackles this issue head-on. funny cos they released 1.0 not long ago https://radicle.xyz/2024/09/10/radicle-1.0.html
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Come on DH is talking about "mad kings"???? Come on This is the same mad king who removed Typescript from his repo, despite protests from his key own contributors, and at the end of the day looked more like a PR attempt to get eyeballs on his own project.
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The whole WP-Engine situation was building up for years. What we see now is sudden release of suspended irritation and anger. Sad to watch but fascinating to observe.
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Matt’s a dick. Way to destroy all the goodwill he’s amassed for 20 years. SMDH
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I think Matt thought open-source meant open to hostile takeovers
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Completely lost on words by how this situation developed. Luckily I have the Pro version running on all the sites I maintain. But it leaves a really bitter taste moving forward with WordPress. Not familiar with all the behind the scenes details, but this is the completely wrong way to handle the dispute (on the backs of your users).
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ACF was a bright idea in the ocean of toxicity of WordPress (as humanity is, sadly) we all wish that kings can protect the commin good and not contribute to that... A decentralized WordPress plugin directory would help
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midlife crisis
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@bighamenergy.eth
/microsub tip: 124 $DEGEN
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Gotta host your own stuff. All those services ppl pay for hosting have 100+ page Terms of Services docs that no one reads. ultimately, people get bent over.
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