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Ben Werdmüller
 

Wix's mobile app is a fork of WordPress's, illegally released in violation of its license. Abuse of open source. https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/

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Abuse of "free software", right? Would be totally ok under an open, permissive license.

Ewout ter Haar, Oct 29 2016 on twitter.com

Apparently the author thinks he's a spokesman for the "open source community". They may agree, but he doesn't speak for them.

Jeff Ratcliff, Oct 29 2016 on twitter.com

Mentioned in: Not at all cool

Kelly Andrews, Oct 29 2016 on twitter.com

Mentioned in: Ugh. Either they thought no one would notice, or they didn't care. Pretty scummy either way.

Adam Reeve, Oct 29 2016 on twitter.com

Mentioned in: Oh dear.

Jonathan LaCour, Oct 29 2016 on twitter.com

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