Mullenweg ‘is eager to return to the negotiation table’ with WP Engine

“He mentioned that any of your suppliers may experience insolvency” or could be acquired, and the response to all these challenges is to emphasize thorough supplier evaluation, paying particular attention to their distribution networks.

Even if a corporation wished to steer clear of open source, Gustavsson remarked that it is no longer feasible, considering how extensively integrated open source code is in various products from corporate providers like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, or IBM. “That ship has sailed a long time back,” he expressed.

Internal conflict

Regarding the WordPress clash, Gustavsson mentioned that it’s not a novel occurrence. “This is not the initial instance such things have occurred, and it won’t be the final one. The essence of the dispute was documented decades ago, using the term ‘free as in free speech, not as in free beer.’ There is an innate conflict between open source principles and making profits from it,” he stated. “When talking about software in general, there is constantly a risk in developing reliance on software controlled by a single entity, nothing exclusive to open source. What might be unique to open source is that organizations have taken for granted that the software will always be available, free, and maintained by someone — an assumption nobody would make when utilizing proprietary software.”

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