AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoThe ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good namewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkThe ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good namewww.techspot.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThen why does WP engine need access to this specific database?
minus-squareRonSijm@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoBecause Wordpress is also hosting 1000s of plugins that WP engine users can install. I’m not sure what the license regarding those things is, WP engine could probably just mirror it - But they basically got locked out of the default ecosystem infrastructure.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI feel like mirroring the plugins would resolve this issue, since the argument seems to be centered on server costs.
Then why does WP engine need access to this specific database?
Because Wordpress is also hosting 1000s of plugins that WP engine users can install.
I’m not sure what the license regarding those things is, WP engine could probably just mirror it -
But they basically got locked out of the default ecosystem infrastructure.
I feel like mirroring the plugins would resolve this issue, since the argument seems to be centered on server costs.