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Written by Hedders on 2025-01-14 at 06:55

It's been a bit of a Tale of Two Open Source Projects these last 24 hours.

On the one hand, you have Eugen Rochko/Gargron ceding control of Mastodon to a non-profit. On the other, you have Matt Mullenweg further escalating his colossal public tantrum by banning people who talk about forking WordPress.

So much in this world of technology depends on personalities, doesn't it?

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Written by Badscrew on 2025-01-14 at 08:22

@hedders I self-host wordpress but still am seriously thinking switching to something else....

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Written by Hedders on 2025-01-14 at 14:17

@Badscrew totally understandable in the circumstances!

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Written by Paul Sutton on 2025-01-14 at 08:23

@hedders

The latter seems to end up as a bigger talking point which impacts the reputation of free and open source communities.

Is there some more info on what is going on at Mastodon, partly as if we focus on the positive stories it really helps, people don't want to hear / read about infighting.

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Written by Hedders on 2025-01-14 at 14:18

@zleap Ars Technica has a decent write-up:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/mastodon-becomes-nonprofit-to-make-sure-its-never-ruined-by-billionaire-ceo/

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Written by Paul Sutton on 2025-01-14 at 15:13

@hedders

Thanks

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