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Jen Mylo – Hooking into the WP Community

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April 22, 2013

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We had the pleasure of having Jen Mylo visit us and speak at the WordCamp Atlanta event a few months ago and her talk is finally up for your viewing pleasure. We’d love to showcase all of the videos from the event (and you can browse them here although please note that new ones are being added every few days as we complete the uploading process) but this one’s great for everyone because she covers some of the core essentials like what the WordPress Foundation is and how it’s different than WordPress.com and other such things that are easy to get […]

The Story of BusyBox and The First GPL Lawsuit

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March 15, 2013

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I’m near-infinitely curious about open source technology and how that impacts us not at just a microscopic leve but also a macroscopic as well – how it’s changing not just how I see software and product development but how it’s changing the landscape of publishing as a whole. That’s why I spend time looking into and understanding licensing and the licensing issues (especially around the GPL) and find interesting comparisons between WordPress and other CMSs and their challenges (like Joomla’s Civil War). With Joomla’s and WordPress’ issues with licensing it can be hard, at times, to understand what exactly the […]

Roll Your Meetup Group Under the Foundation

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February 12, 2013

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Not today, but soon. Perhaps as early as March or early April. But it’s coming. Aaron Jorbin has been working hard at collecting, curating, and sharing best practices when it comes to meetup groups and all of this time and attention has been to align all WordPress-centric groups so that the best experience can be had by all. One of the things that had been rolled out in the last few months is the aggregation and consolidation of a number of Meetup Groups under the WordPress Foundation Meetup.com account. Practically-speaking, this just saved the organizers a few bucks for the […]

The Difference: WordPress Foundation and Automattic, Inc.

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January 29, 2013

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There’s been a lot of confusion surrounding Automattic Inc., the WordPress Foundation, WordPress.org/WordPress.com and everything else in between. So much so that most people unfortunately use all of it interchangeably which is the wrong thing to do. I want to clearly state that there are distinct differences between all of them and that it’s worth knowing what you’re talking about when you start jumping into the muddy waters that is licensing, the GPL, ownership, and developing a WordPress-centric business. At the center of all of this is really the WordPress Foundation so by establishing this we can clearly take a look […]

Envato Licensing, the Community and the Foundation

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January 29, 2013

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On the weekend I got some time to tune into the WPCandy podcast with host Ryan Imel and guest Jake Caputo. They discussed the recent blackball post and jokingly refer to Jake, who is an Envato Elite author, as surely having access to a magic red button that he can press to “make things happen”. I wish we did have this feature! Elite authors like Jake, after all, are the lifeblood of ThemeForest. It’s been an interesting week with those posts, all the many comments, as well as lively discussion threads on ThemeForest itself. And it’s been a timely one […]

Is Selling on Envato 'Insane' for Developers?

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January 25, 2013

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As per Alex King‘s comment when reviewing the Mac App Store policies for selling and Envato’s marketplace: The more I think about it, the more insane I think it is to choose to do business with Envato given their current terms. In order to put your products in their marketplace with a semi-reasonable revenue share you are choosing to completely subjugate your business to their whims. You can’t experiment with your product pricing, you can’t try other marketplaces, you can’t sell direct to your customers… you can’t even choose your own software license! He compares the two in light of […]

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