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Matt Mullenweg's demands on WP Engine violate the letter and spirit of open source licences: you do not get to take a gift back.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said

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  1. David Heinemeier Hansson

    Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals

    you can't show up after you've given the gift of free software to the world and then say, now that you've used that gift, you actually owe me a huge slide of your business because you got too successful using the thing I gave you for free. You don't get to take a gift back.

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    Watch from 5:45:15 plays here

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com

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