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No, it's worse than that.
There is a separate open source project "Docker Engine" that runs 27% of containerized applications, that the for-profit "Docker Inc." intentionally conflates with the proprietary, for-profit software "Docker Desktop" to get a major advantage over other for-profit businesses that sell tooling for "Docker Engine".
To make matters worse, "Docker Inc." still controls the "Docker Engine" project and "Docker" trademark. This contrasts with "Automattic", which spun out the "WordPress" project and trademark into a separate entity "WordPress Foundation".
Sorry, but I think this applies to you more than it does to me.
I'll make one final attempt to spell it out. Mullenweg and Little founded "WordPress" and spun it out of Mullenweg's company "Automattic" as a separate non-profit.
Founadi, Hykes and Pahl founded "Docker Engine" and did not spin it out of their company "Docker Inc." as a separate non-profit (which is the case for MOST companies that create open-source software).
I can't put any more of a fine point on it, so this will be my last comment on the topic. Have a good day.
That's literally my point. Docker doesn't pretend to be a non-profit, WordPress does.
What a blowhard way of saying the most childish response of "no u".
Your ‘points’ were:
I’ve already provided rebuttals to both points:
Now you have strayed the discussion to another ‘point’ (while accusing me of arguing in bad faith):
To humor you I shall also provide a rebuttal to this third point:
By the way… WP.org goes out of its way to recommend various hosting providers beside WP.com.
No, other companies make it very clear considering that there is no non-profit organization when it's all controlled under one for-profit entity. You have not provided a single example of anything similar of a non-profit organization being used to benefit a for-profit organization because it is illegal.
Yes. That is the fucking problem. A non-profit is used to unfairly benefit a specific for-profit business. That is illegal and unethical.
WordPress.org is run by a non-profit. WordPress.com is run a separate for-profit entity. That is what I have been saying. WordPress.org gives preferential treatment because they allow a separate entity to use their trademarks while explicitly not letting others do the same.