WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg is trying to force WP Engine to surrender part of its revenue to his company, Automattic, and the feud's repercussions are rippling throughout...
I’m confused. The article makes note that, “Mullenweg has demanded a royalty fee of eight percent of WP Engine’s monthly revenue for continued access to Automattic’s WordPress servers and resources.” But then goes on to note that David Hansson, “believes Mullenweg’s actions do not honor the principles set by the GNU General Public License (GPL).”
It sounds to me that Mullenweg wants compensation for their server resources, not use of their Wordpress software — otherwise wouldn’t everybody who uses WordPress outside of wordpress.com be on the hook too?
If that is the case, how is it any different than RedHat charging for support services for their distribution of the Linux kernel and corresponding GNU software?
I’m confused. The article makes note that, “Mullenweg has demanded a royalty fee of eight percent of WP Engine’s monthly revenue for continued access to Automattic’s WordPress servers and resources.” But then goes on to note that David Hansson, “believes Mullenweg’s actions do not honor the principles set by the GNU General Public License (GPL).”
It sounds to me that Mullenweg wants compensation for their server resources, not use of their Wordpress software — otherwise wouldn’t everybody who uses WordPress outside of wordpress.com be on the hook too?
If that is the case, how is it any different than RedHat charging for support services for their distribution of the Linux kernel and corresponding GNU software?
I feel like I’m missing something here.