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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Grass 4 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I can't access the link. who is he?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The original creator of Wordpress and the owner of a Wordpress hosting site. He's been having a meltdown for months because Wordpress is being used by WP Engine, a for-profit competitor hosting company, in compliance with the license. Since then, he has:

  • Changed the trademark license and retroactively sued WP Engine,
  • Disparaged WP Engine every time he had the chance,
  • Added a potentially legally binding checkbox to wordpress.com where the user must declare their disassociation with WP Engine (which also locked out actual employees),
  • Forcibly taken control of several community-made plugins,
  • Acted like ~~an absolute fucking buffoon~~ the innocent little lamb who's been set upon by the wolves.
[–] [email protected] 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He's a co-creator of WordPress and (my opinion) a total knob.

[–] Grass 7 points 13 hours ago

With what I have now seen about him, I would be quite inclined to agree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

An asshole