Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org leadership ASAP

Post by rcxdude » Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 11:04 PM UTC

rpgbr wrote: post #29

arp242 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> he is allowed as long as they follow GPLv2, which is the case with WP Engine. Unless I missed something, no one claimed it's not legal. There are lots of things that are legal but nonetheless not nice. Just because it's legal doesn't mean you can't say "that's not nice" or "you shouldn't be doing that". "It's legal" is not an argument here. It's completely besides the point.

He is allowed to say that, but not in the project's site, less alone without a previous discussion with the community which, AFAIK, didn't happen.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

rpgbr wrote: post #29

arp242 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> he is allowed as long as they follow GPLv2, which is the case with WP Engine. Unless I missed something, no one claimed it's not legal. There are lots of things that are legal but nonetheless not nice. Just because it's legal doesn't mean you can't say "that's not nice" or "you shouldn't be doing that". "It's legal" is not an argument here. It's completely besides the point.

He is allowed to say that, but not in the project's site, less alone without a previous discussion with the community which, AFAIK, didn't happen.

Post by tomlin » Thu, Sep 26, 2024, 11:23 AM UTC

nchmy wrote: post #18

joshstrange wrote: post #3

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Post by shevekofurras » Thu, Sep 26, 2024, 11:48 PM UTC

blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #4

This is a really basic blog post and it doesn’t make any kind of convincing argument for the provocative title. Towards the end it says: > I really like WordPress, as I’ve stated many times, but Matt has become an irresponsible and damaging actor. He urgently needs to step down from WordPress.org leadership, or he risks undermining WordPress’ popularity and driving the community away. But it makes at best, a really w…