Post #1362004
2026-04-01 19:31 UTC
Cloudflare casually [license-laundering wordpress](https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/)
> While EmDash aims to be compatible with WordPress functionality, no WordPress code was used to create EmDash. That allows us to license the open source project under the more permissive MIT license.
Oh really. So you're sure you Claude wasn't trained on wordpress? It's all irrelevant anyway because AI generated code can't be copyrighted or licensed.
Silver lining, it might piss off Matt Mullenweg!
Replies (2)
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@Evinceo@awful.systems 2026-04-01 21:38
> So you’re sure you Claude wasn’t trained on wordpress? Unfortunately FOSS is basically dead because nobody is enforcing licenses against training.
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@ebu@awful.systems 2026-04-01 19:50
i feel in my gut that on some level license disputes are ultimately slapfights for which titanic corporation gets the money. however i will absolutely point and laugh at every misfortune that comes the way of that particular transmisogynist asshole