BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Legal News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 28 days agoWP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resourceswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkWP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resourceswww.theverge.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Legal News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
The WordPress fight is heating up. Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25237665/wp-engine-injunction.pdf
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·27 days agoNot really “leech off”, it’s just standard use. How many companies do you think uses Linux? How many of them contribute back to the Linux foundation? Using an open source project without giving back is not only the norm, it is also perfectly legal.
minus-squareShortstack@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·27 days agoOn top of that, the guy picking the fight is in charge of both the .org foundation and the .com competitor to WP Engine itself, so the argument isn’t purely altruistic. Quite messy.
Not really “leech off”, it’s just standard use. How many companies do you think uses Linux? How many of them contribute back to the Linux foundation?
Using an open source project without giving back is not only the norm, it is also perfectly legal.
On top of that, the guy picking the fight is in charge of both the .org foundation and the .com competitor to WP Engine itself, so the argument isn’t purely altruistic.
Quite messy.