#jimwI have a hard time seeing a way that doesn't all blow up in Automattic's face pretty badly, and hope the open-source WordPress project doesn't suffer too much collateral damage in the process.
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#voxpelliMost plugins on WordPress.org are not created by the Automattic / Matt Mullenweg people – feels odd to keep those plugins hostage in this situation
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#pmlnr"It has also emerged that the WordPress Foundation has filed trademarks for “managed WordPress” and “hosted WordPress”."
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#[manton]I can see Matt’s perspective on this. The WP plugin directory is essentially funded by Matt and Automattic. Nothing stopping a WP Engine customer from installing plugins manually, or WP Engine building their own directory.
#[manton]It’s obviously very destructive to the community. But also maybe necessary to highlight what is and isn’t part of the open source project.
#[manton]That’s ideal. Before now I thought it _was_ independent. But clearly the foundation is tied very closely to Automattic revenue.
#[schmarty]if nothing else i appreciate how this is shining a light on how it's all tied back to MM.
#[manton]Yep. I think everything should be more transparent. Maybe the WP Foundation should have explicit fees for hosting providers to use the directory and other resources. There probably shouldn’t be back-room deals anymore.
#[manton]Pretty fascinating though. I’m glad I’m not actively involved in any of the drama. 🙂
#[Joe_Crawford]reactions inside the "Making WordPress" Slack to the last 2 posts in their announcements channel:
#[mattl]I think the foundation, http://wp.org and http://wp.com should all be independent things. I’d argue it’s a bad idea for http://wp.com to not redirect to pressable or another Automattic venture.
#[mattl][Joe_Crawford] he’s also using at-channel which is a big no-no there. (I’m there too)
#[Joe_Crawford]It's of a piece with making it a hair-on-fire emergency. I think channel notifications can be useful and I don't begrudge them when appropriate. But like an 'allhands"
#[Joe_Crawford]...email it ought to be used sparingly.
#[manton]It is remarkable how this went from a blog post to an emergency so quickly.
#[Joe_Crawford]"Pugnacious" is how I'd characterize it. And there are times when that mode is appropriate for a leader. I have not been able to sort out how this _particular_ contractual scenario deserves it.
#LoqiMicropub is an open web standard (W3C Recommendation) and API for creating, editing, and deleting posts on websites, like on your own domain, supported by numerous third-party clients, CMSs, and social readers https://indieweb.org/Micropub
#sdavidprinceOkay can it be used on a blogger blog like connecting to the blogger API or sirt
#Loqihey sdavidprince, it seems like this conversation is more appropriate for #indieweb-dev (Micropub, API)