2010
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Open Source Decision Making
Dec 31
Jacob Santos says WordPress development isn’t driven by community input. On the one hand, I agree. My own history with WordPress (from hacking core to a first patch that sat for three months) and what has and hasn’t changed.
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A Quick GPL Overview
Dec 24
What is the GPL? WordPress’ license protects you as a developer, but you need to understand your rights and responsibilities first.
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Consider the Source
Dec 10
Someone was distributing Chip Bennett’s WordPress themes with a worm hidden in screenshot.png that installs a PHP backdoor. How it works, and why, free or paid, you should always consider where your download comes from.
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Why Open Source?
Dec 8
I’ve never taken a computer class. Everything I know, I learned from code others posted for free — so I post mine. The real reward is an email from a stranger on the other side of the world.
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The Dangerous Allure of the GPL
Aug 27
I put GPLv3 on just about everything I wrote for WordPress. Then I realized GPLv3 isn’t compatible with GPLv2 — and that many of us had been violating our own licenses, like stealing your own car by accident.
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When Community Software Becomes Community Property
Mar 12
WordPress belongs to the community that uses it. Facebook doesn’t, no matter how many people live on it. Community software becomes community property only when developers start listening to users.