Yahoo’s shame!
Posted: 20 December 2005 07:24 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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Here Yahoo uses WP but they are ashamed to announce it.

Since EE has released its free core I think they can migrate now wink

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Posted: 20 December 2005 08:21 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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They also offer movable type http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/problog.php?p=BALLOON

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:02 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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The point was that they did not link back to WP. (Click on the WP link on my first post)

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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They don’t have to link back to WP, as per the GPL.  It is a courtesy, not a requirement.

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:13 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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So now your saying Yahoo shows no courtesy tongue laugh

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:15 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Thats why I said they were ashamed to let others know the page was powered by wp wink

I didnt say they were breaking any law or license.

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:15 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Many, many businesses do not show “Powered by” information.  That is their right depending on the software licensing - which in this case, allows for them to remove the link.

I do not think that this has anything to do with shame.  It is a very common decision that businesses make to not advertise the tools that they use to create their pages.

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Posted: 21 December 2005 02:29 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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Maybe so, Lisa, but I would be ashamed to announce my site was run with WP. raspberry

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Posted: 21 December 2005 03:41 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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I dont even use WP and im ashamed to talk about it raspberry

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