Founder of Ruby on Rails criticizes Automattic, says they are trying to have their cake and eat it too.

The founder of the popular open-source platform Ruby on Rails slams Automattic in a post titled, "Automattic is doing open source dirty."

"I give you a gift of code, you accept the terms of the license. There cannot be a second set of shadow obligations that might suddenly apply, if you strike it rich using the software. Then the license is meaningless, the clarity all muddled, and certainty lost."

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"But I suspect Automattic wants to have their cake and eat it too. They went to retain WordPress' shine of open source, but also be able to extract their pound of flesh from any competitor that might appear, whenever they see fit. Screw that."

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