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by slyall 629 days ago
Matt, you currently have three roles. You are running Automattic, the WordPress Foundation and wordpress.org. It seems that this is a huge conflict of Interest and a dispute with one seems to quickly become a dispute with all. eg a Trademark dispute with The Wordpress Foundation results in a ban from wordpress.org.

Will you be resigning from one or more of these roles?
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photomatt 629 days ago
No, I will continue to serve in all of those roles.
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bdzr 629 days ago
So why should someone use WordPress, knowing one person with enormous conflicts of interest determines which companies are allowed to host it?
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slyall 629 days ago
A pity. But I guess people now know that wordpress.org and The Wordpress Foundation are subordinate to the aims and profits of Automattic and yourself.
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3np 624 days ago
You want to make your pick while you seemingly still have options open, unless you'd rather go down with the ship.

You've proven yourself to be too much of a central point of failure and the longer this position is maintained, the more risk-conscious customers will feel forced to start thinking about their options.

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