Donates some work? They open source the platform. You can pay for hosting at .com… honestly asking, what are you even mad about?
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Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months agoThat is incorrect. Automattic donates some work to the open-source project, but they are in no way the same thing.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 11 months ago
Feels like the typical “I shouldn’t have to spend money for things!!!” attitude that goes around on here.
Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WordPress is a free and open-source software provided by a non-profit organization. WordPress.com is a for-profit business and a completely separate entity. What Automattic is doing is illegal and unethical.
Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because WordPress.org is a non-profit that is clearly being treated as a puppet for the WordPress.com for-profit business. It’s not just “they also open-source their software”. They are separate entities. It’s literally illegal and obviously unethical.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What laws are being broken? You use adverbs like “clearly” and “obviously” to make your point but they’re not helpful. It’s not obvious. What is unethical?
Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nonprofit organizations are not allowed to divert undue benefits to any person or organization.
It is obvious and clear if you know the bare minimum of non-profit organizations.
Do you actually not understand the basics of non-profit organizations? If so, I’m not sure why you’re butting into a conversation about the subject. Otherwise you must be arguing in bad faith.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 11 months ago
Man this is like saying proton isn’t made by Valve… Matt Mullenweg was one of the cocreators of Wordpress and went on to start Automattic which is a pun on his name. He’s literally got (or at least had) the title of lead developer in the Worldpress Foundation and he’s CEO of Automattic.
Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I didn’t say it’s not “made by”, they clearly contribute plenty, just like many others. The issue is that a non-profit entity should not be used as an advertising platform giving preferential treatment to a single for-profit business.
The WordPress Foundation clearly states that you can’t use the name WordPress in your domain or business name nor use the logo for your business (wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/) yet that is what Automattic does and Automattic or WordPress.com is not the same entity as the WordPress Foundation or WordPress.org. That is illegal and unethical.
LogarithmicCamel@feddit.uk 11 months ago
If you own a name, you can grant anyone you want permission to use that name. It’s not illegal.
Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not when you are a non-profit. You cannot run a non-profit in a way that only provides special benefits to a person or group and exclude others.