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More like buying a fridge and then the landlord stops paying for electricity suddenly

• deleted 2y ago
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• austhrow743 2y ago
  This is accurate if by landlord you mean "the person in whose house you have been squatting without paying rent or signing a lease."
  • immibis 2y ago
    Actually, it's the person who signed a contract with me to give me a free house.
    • fastball 2y ago
      WordPress definitely did not sign a contract with WPE to provide free electricity.
    • austhrow743 2y ago
      What is the contract that gives WP Engine the free house?
      • ceejayoz 2y ago
        The GPL, and WordPress's trademark policy, which up to a week ago stated " The abbreviation “WP” is not covered by the WordPress trademarks and you are free to use it in any way you see fit."
        • commoner 2y ago
          On the other hand, the use of WordPress servers is in no way covered by the GPL. WP Engine can pay for their own servers the same way Bluehost used to.
        • austhrow743 2y ago
          That someone gives you the right to use their code doesn't mean they're required to be a free hosting provider for you.
          • ceejayoz 2y ago
            Using the resources of the non-profit you control to kneecap a competitor to the for-profit you control makes that a bit more complicated. I think it's obvious WPE wouldn't be in the clear with Matt even if they went and hosted a mirror/cache of the WP.org packages.
            • phonon 2y ago
              wp.org is not a non-profit, despite the name. The actual non-profit [1] had expenses of $41k in 2022, which wouldn't come anywhere near paying for wordpress.org infrastructure and personnel. I guess Wordpress is going the RHEL route. You can clone it, but can't use their trademarks or infrastructure. [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205498932 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205...
              • ValentineC 2y ago
                > wp.org is not a non-profit, despite the name. Automattic's associate legal counsel begs to differ [1]: > Let’s apply this to the WordPress trademarks (also called simply “marks”). The WordPress Foundation owns the right to use the WordPress marks for non-commercial purposes. It can also sublicense out this right for particular events (e.g., WordCamps) and to people supporting the WordPress project and community. The Foundation also licensed the name WordPress to the non-profit WordPress.org, which runs a website that facilitates access to WordPress-related software. (Take it up with them, not me.) [1] https://automattic.com/2024/10/02/wordpress-trademarks-a-legal-perspective/ https://automattic.com/2024/10/02/wordpress-trademarks-a-leg...
                • phonon 2y ago
                  The man himself goes into copious detail otherwise! "We could not get wordpress.org being part of the foundation approved by the IRS." https://youtu.be/OUJgahHjAKU?t=342 https://youtu.be/OUJgahHjAKU?t=342
    • recursive 2y ago
      Not a lawyer, but I think contracts require consideration to be enforceable.
• safety1st 2y ago
  With the wrinkle that your landlord enthusiastically invited you to move in, and never made you sign a contract, but after your dog shed all over the place he started making ominous noises about how you'd better sign one equal to eight percent of your gross revenue, and every conversation with him is now very strained
• wattwullenberg 2y ago
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• bsbsjsusj 2y ago
  Buying a fridge. Plugging it into the neigbours outbouse, who also gives you free food, and you use both to run your cafe. Which is fair because the neighbour gives free food away to look the most christian and you pay for the fridge and most people don't want to run a fridge so they rely on your cafe.