In an interview published by The Verge, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg spoke about Automattic’s local-news project, Newspack. His remarks came in response to a question about why local journalism is also dying in the United States, framed within his view that websites are “dying” in favour of big tech’s closed platforms.
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Legal troubles escalate for Matt Mullenweg and WordPress
We have long been covering the latest #wpdrama between Matt Mullenweb, co-founder of WordPress, and WP Engine, a renowned WordPress hosting company. After the matter was taken to court, Mullenweb suffered a harsh defeat in the preliminary proceedings of the main trial. Now, the news is that the problems are increasing as the WordPress co-founder has received two fresh blows.
(more…)Is the end of WordPress as we know it approaching?
A single tweet has sparked a new storm around the so-called Wpdrama. The legal battle is ongoing and could last for years and according to Matt Mullenweg, it could end up causing his bankruptcy and even shutting down WordPress.org—an outcome that would have huge ramifications for the community, given the substantial costs required to maintain the platform’s infrastructure.
(more…)Matt Mullenweg deactivates accounts of several contributors threatening to fork WordPress
The WPdrama appears far from over. In yet another twist—detailed in an article by Matt Mullenweg himself, owner of Automattic and one of the creators of WordPress—several prominent figures who threatened to fork WordPress (i.e., create a new product by branching off the open-source code) have been urged to follow through on their plan.
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