WP Weekend Phoenix details emerge

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Written By Brian Krogsgard

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  1. I’d prefer WordPress events to be run this way. The more independent and digital the better it is for everyone.

    The WordPress.org, WordPress foundation, or whatever the group behind WordCamp is too political. It’s not healthy.

    For example, I understand Matt’s position on GPL/copyleft and tend to side with him, but that doesn’t mean you should impose your views on others like preventing ThemeForest authors with non-GPL licensed products from speaking at WordCamps.

    If the smaller cities die out then let it be. The market can always better determine what should exist. Funding smaller cities when there isn’t strong demands for it is just throwing money away. That is if they actually manage money that way. I have no clue.

    Technology is advance enough for online meetings to happen so why not embrace that like MeetWP? The majority of WordPress users aren’t even going to WordCamps. They’re at home coding like me. When you require people to physically show up, you leave out a huge chunk of your community.

    • “I understand Matt’s position on GPL/copyleft and tend to side with him, but that doesn’t mean you should impose your views on others”

      Sorry Tung, this doesn’t make sense – if you are the benevolent leader of a free software project, your position on the GPL is not just a matter of personal taste. It’s the fundament on which the software and it’s community are built. So it’s actually your obligation to impose it on anyone who contributes to the software.

  2. I organized the first two in Phx… 2nd one offered much drama afterwards that helped make the decision that it wasn’t for me to run anymore. I knew of the camp changes in the pipeline and didn’t completely agree with the vision moving forward. I’ve been involved as a back seat overwatch with each camp since and am friends with those that have run them and know the frustrations with said new changes. Furthermore discussions with organizer friends from other camps and the prior intel led me to see this forking coming for a while now. The wordup thing blew out fast for its own reasons that most are aware of and what’s happening now is to be expected. It’s a community thing, they want to run it without the top down formalities as they’re seemingly hindering creativity in events. Too much control in place of support and encouragement.

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