Comments on: Yet Another #thesiswp Post

By: Callum

Callum — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:56:30 +0000

Nice, thanks for sharing those links. 🙂

Oh, and I like your other sites. I particularly liked your story about the little girl and her mother. 🙂

By: BandonRandon

BandonRandon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:13 +0000

In reply to Callum.

There are a few articles most quote the mashable one: http://mashable.com/2010/07/22/thesis-relents/ Chris also said so himself with http://twitter.com/pearsonified/status/19288707443 You can read @photomatt tweets around the same time on the 22nd talking about what he feels is the beauty of all of this.

By: Callum

Callum — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:55:52 +0000

In reply to BandonRandon. They settled? I'm struggling to find anything on it online, can you give me a link or two?

By: BandonRandon

BandonRandon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:22:54 +0000

In reply to Callum. Looks like this is settled out of court and in a way I feel is fair to both parties. My understanding is that if Thesis has any GPL code all versions must be GPL so even if that code was removed or re-written it would still have to be GPL because it build on the GPL code. If Matt was abusing WordPress or not that's debatable I just see him as a bossiness man who is using his resources.

By: Callum

Callum — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:26:34 +0000

If there's GPL code included, then Thesis needs to be GPL. However, Chris has said he'll remove that by the next release, as I understand it. Therefore, as I read the situation, right now some pro-open-source legal advisory group have said all PHP code in plugins or themes needs to be GPL. However, this hasn't been put to the test in an actual court case. Matt said that they're preparing a case, and to me that's the best way to resolve this. Put it to test in court, get a bona fide legal answer, and put an end to the debate. Personally, I'm not a fan of Matt's bullying tactics. I think he's abusing the @wordpress twitter account when he says things like: .@OldSpice, could you please tell @Pearsonified to respect the @WordPress license (like a man)? And, you know, the open source developers. The dot at the start meant it showed up across everyone who follows @wordpress, which it wouldn't normally as a reply. I'm guessing it was a mistake, but it's still a pretty obnoxious tweet. I read some other stuff by Matt that was equally bullying and obnoxious. It seems many people in the WordPress or AutoMATTic world have large egos they like to stroke! :-)