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Fri, 27 Sep 2024 03:25:08 +0200

Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp

#WordPress drama ... I haven't read anything besides one article ( see https://eric.mann.blog/wordpress-drama-from-the-sidelines/ [eric mann blog] ) but I think he makes his case well.

Personally, even when I considered WP Engine, I wondered how they got away with using that name. Does anyone remember when Mastodon declared some rules for anyone using "mastodon" in a domain or subdomain? Putting one's organization (especially a business org) in a position where a trademark infringement claim could be filed by your upstream is a major blunder.

Being blocked from the upstream project's servers because you don't contribute back to the upstream project is sort of the ultimate slapdown. It is calling you out for being a freeloader.

(I think Eric Mann said they didn't contribute back enough, whatever that is. Maybe that's relative to the load on the upstream for downloading updates.)

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 04:07:05 +0200

Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp

I see a conversation that starts at https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/113205504304212351 and has @morph in it.

Just not persuasive in light of https://eric.mann.blog/wordpress-drama-from-the-sidelines/ ... but I've only read the one article. Maybe if I spend a day or two just reading the inevitable flood of articles / posts about it.

But even then, if you build a for-profit business on limitless and zero-price services from an upstream non-profit organization (with its own companion for-profit entity.), you already know that your FPE should be generous in your support of that NPO.

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:17:08 +0200

morph ⌂

morph@hub.morphtown.de

@Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Not much into the drama discussion and don't understand why it has to be in public with such negative impact. The blog post is rather informative and covers a lot of facts that I think people are unaware about. Shared it to the thread starter.