jholloway

Not to be rude, but I think the best way to sell your iOS app is to make a really good one.

To me, this is kind of like saying "I won't use OkCupid again because the person I met through it was a real jerk."

I think the point here is that Chris is one of the first people to stand up and challenge the assertion made by Matt that the GPL automatically applies to all WP themes and plugins. Everyone has just sat there and accepted it up to now. Everyone on HN and elsewhere that is just telling Chris, "Oh, just follow the rules, why are you fighting this?" — why should he follow rules that may as well be arbitrary?

Even if this does go to court and it turns out that Chris is indeed in violation of the GPL, I still applaud him for having the courage to stick to what he believes in. In my opinion, the GPL needs to be tested either way. I think at this point we can all speculate, but no one really knows what will or won't stand up in front of a judge and jury.

Totally agree here. All the comments on this post are lauding Matt for being "calm and collected," but it's still possible to be a jackass while sounding calm and collected. Chris got loud and fired up in the interview because he was defending something he believes in. Nothing wrong with that at all.

I guess I'm the only one who saw Matt as the obnoxious one in that conversation? He kept putting words in Chris' mouth, playing slap-fight, and making snarky statements like, "Oh, I'll be sure to consult you in the future before I say anything." And the worst was when he said that "literally the whole legal community except for one guy in Florida" agrees with his interpretation of the GPL. That's just ignorant and irresponsible. About as bad as citing three clearly biased pro-GPL organizations as your sources for why you're right.

Look, I agree that Chris probably overstated his position in the WP community. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to call himself one of the top 3 most influential people in WP. However, I feel that his reasons for not wanting to go GPL are legitimate and for some reason Matt can't seem to understand that Chris is making a stand on principle here, not just revenue. I also understand his frustration. He's getting pounded left and right, sometimes with vicious personal attacks, mainly based on Matt's specious arguments. He's fed up, he's tired of the talk, and he wants Matt/WP to take action if they really care that much about it.

As far as I am concerned, if they really believe Chris is in violation of the license, WP can and should take action to try to shut down Chris if he doesn't comply, including legal action. They are fully within their rights to do that. But please, don't just sit back and spew half-truths and try to tear down the guy's reputation. As the old saying goes, if you're going to talk the talk, you should walk the walk.

I have always felt like Posterous was a solution in search of a problem. I don't have anything against them, I just prefer other platforms better.

Also, I'd love to see some numbers, but I would bet that a far larger number of people post via the web or other methods than do by email, despite that being its original purpose.

A poorly-written article with a ridiculously overblown headline on a random blog from a completely unverified source. Awesome.

This discussion could go on and on, and it strays from the subject at hand, but I'll just say this:

If you feel that there is too much noise in your Twitter stream, then you're following the wrong people. You have full control over who and what you follow, that's the beauty of it. I've found that in general, following any more than about 150 people will get overwhelming. Find the 150 people that are most relevant to your interests and your lifestyle and follow them.

If you're "following" 2000 people, you're actually following no one.

You might want to take a look at Divvy: http://mizage.com/divvy/

It's similar to SizeUp and Cinch, but allows for quite a few more options. You can assign one window 33% of the screen and another 66% of the screen, and tons more. And you can make presets.

Seems like the perfect option for 30" monitors. You lucky dog...

I've been surprised at the number of forms that tell me my email address, which has a single-letter local part, is invalid.