Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
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Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#2Chris Pearson's defense is thin at best: Switching to GPL wouldn't affect my business at all! It just rubs me the wrong way!
Additionally, he comes across as a real jerk.
EDIT: After listening to the whole thing I am appalled by Chris Pearson's lack of understanding about licensing and his offensive attitude.
Matt Mullenweg deserves an award for being so gracious and patient.
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#3Trying my best not to sound rude, but Chris Pearson sounds extremely obnoxious. His analogies are all over the place and very defensive; most likely because he realizes that he is on the wrong end of the debate.
The license explicitly says it has to be GPL. End of discussion. He is making up his own rules!
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#4I'm trying to see the practical reasons of why NOT to use the GPL in this specific case. If people are going to steal thesis they will steal it. GPL doesn't change that. Here's what I want yo know: how many people has chris asked to stop illegally distributing thesis? This is interesting to me as I'm releasing something very cool re: wordpress themes next week.
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#5From my understanding, only the code that interacts with the Wordpress method calls would be subject to GPL. You can abstract out the code that is not dependent upon Wordpress and avoid GPL overall.
An example of this is using RESTful APIs in a cloud environment, where your logic runs on an entirely different server.
Another example is to imagine a plugin that integrates Microsoft Outlook with Wordpress. Would Outlook then be subject to GPL? No. But, the code that sits between Wordpress and Outlook probably would be.
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#6Trying my best not to sound rude, but Chris Pearson sounds extremely obnoxious. His analogies are all over the place and very defensive; most likely because he realizes that he is on the wrong end of the debate. The license explicitly says it has to be GPL. End of discussion. He is making up his own rules!
I honestly thought I was the only thinking this!
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#7Trying my best not to sound rude, but Chris Pearson sounds extremely obnoxious. His analogies are all over the place and very defensive; most likely because he realizes that he is on the wrong end of the debate. The license explicitly says it has to be GPL. End of discussion. He is making up his own rules!
I honestly thought I was the only thinking this!
Confirmed this guy is obnoxious: http://i.imgur.com/wffx2.png
My respect for Matt just jumped ten-fold for being so calm with this guy and I am not even a fan-boy.
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#8Chris Pearson's defense is thin at best: Switching to GPL wouldn't affect my business at all! It just rubs me the wrong way! Additionally, he comes across as a real jerk. EDIT: After listening to the whole thing I am appalled by Chris Pearson's lack of understanding about licensing and his offensive attitude. Matt Mullenweg deserves an award for being so gracious and patient.
It's unfortunate Chris showed himself this way. He came across as a nice guy and impressive business owner in his previous Mixergy interview.
He is clearly emotionally invested in this debate and would be better off letting someone else represent his side in the future (PR person, lawyer, parrot etc).
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#9From my understanding, only the code that interacts with the Wordpress method calls would be subject to GPL. You can abstract out the code that is not dependent upon Wordpress and avoid GPL overall. An example of this is using RESTful APIs in a cloud environment, where your logic runs on an entirely different server. Another example is to imagine a plugin that integrates Microsoft Outlook with Wordpress. Would Outloo…
Doesn't every theme call WordPress methods in order to get posts, use widgets, etc?
Re: Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis WordPress Theme? - Mixergy Interview
#10You cant fight against open source. The masses will always side with open source. But I can't blame Chris Pearson for not wanting to mess with his cash flow. Chris needs to really start thinking Legacy > Currency.