I don’t like this drama around Wordpress and how commercial entities around that opensource software are driven by greedy ego’s.
“WordPress then temporarily unblocked WP Engine and gave it until Oct. 1 to agree to terms of a licensing agreement, which Mullenweg made public. The crux of the deal is that WP Engine would agree to a royalty fee of 8% of monthly revenue to Automattic or commit 8% of revenue “in the form of salaries of WP Engine employees” working on WordPress features for WordPress.org.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/05/wordpress-ceo-matt-mullenweg-goes-nuclear-on-silver-lake-wp-engine-.html
https://world.hey.com/dhh/automattic-is-doing-open-source-dirty-b95cf128
“159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates”
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/04/159-employees-are-leaving-automattic-as-ceos-fight-with-wp-engine-escalates/
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