What’s your thoughts about the current happenings in the WordPress ecosystem?
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The WordPress ecosystem is experiencing a significant dispute between Automattic and WP Engine. This conflict could have notable implications for the community, given the prominent roles both companies play in the WordPress space.

WordPress Drama: Automattic vs WP Engine

I’m with WordPress on this one… WP Engine is a money making machine and feeds on it’s user…

From what I’ve read on this topic, I find it hard to sympathize with either side. 😅
I only feel bad for the users that have to deal with this

Greed will always destroy Open Source Projects! Find a way to get rid of him!

I think it’s something that should have just been left to the lawyers to figure out. All the public smearing should have been left out and makes WordPress look really bad.

Having seen a few videos from ThePrimeagen and Theo, Wordpress/Automattic is definitely in the wrong. The timeline of events leading up to the lawsuit is also highly suspect. The old license with Wordpress was very permissive, and Automattic changed it to be more restrictive the day of the lawsuit filing.
My thoughts on all of this: if you’re going to be upset about someone taking your open source project and making money on it then don’t make it open source.
That being said, open source projects/code is utilized everywhere for people’s enterprise projects so some sponsorship probably wouldn’t be a bad idea as a show of good faith.