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Where is it in the license that you need to contribute to the project if you make big bucks? We have open source licenses for a reason, contributing back is never a requirement. If you believe that is his issue, I have a bridge to sell you.


Mullenweg literally said that this was his issue. That’s what kicked off the whole debacle.


Bill Clinton said he didn’t have relations with that woman.

At some point in life, people usually stop believing everything that others “literally said”.


Right, sorry, I see what you mean. You mean “if you believe that the issue is truly as he describes it publicly and not in fact something else” rather than the literal interpretation of “if you believe that this is his issue”.

My answer was based on the fact that I’ve seen several people who are unaware of what Mullen’s said that precipitated the row.


matt's actions which precipitated the row were to demand that WPEngine pay 8% of their revenue to Automattic, a private-equity-associated, for-profit corporation matt runs.

Money, more and more money for matt, seems to be the matt's driving motivation here. He seems to be projecting his own greed onto others.


At this point there is absolutely no reason to believe Mullenweg.


> his issue

Very astute phrasing. Personal problem.


> Where is it in the license that you need to contribute to the project if you make big bucks? We have open source licenses for a reason, contributing back is never a requirement. If you believe that is his issue, I have a bridge to sell you.

I never said that the license forced them to contribute.




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