• rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Wow. For real, I always just assumed that .com was the commercial arm of .org. Holy shit.

    Edit: So, for anyone curious, .com is owned by Automattic, who also own Tumblr, Beeper, PocketCasts and Buddy Press. The WordPress project and .org are owned by the WordPress Foundation. Automattic makes some contributions to the WordPress project but they and the WP Foundation are seperate.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I think you misunderstood the comment you are replying to.

        The WordPress Foundation does not have the same owner as WordPress.com.

        • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Matt Mullenweg effectively is the ‘owner’ of both, yes. Though the term ‘owner’ isn’t necessarily precise, it effectively conveys the idea.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Ah sorry, it sounded like you were reacting to the comment you replied to, which it was more like you were adding information.