{"id":1725,"date":"2004-11-17T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2004-11-17T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomatt.net\/2004\/11\/17\/open-source-ghost\/"},"modified":"2004-11-17T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2004-11-17T22:18:57","slug":"open-source-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2004\/11\/open-source-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re up for a morning laugh you should read <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/open-source\/index.php?p=34\">one of the most brain-dead posts on open source I&#8217;ve ever seen<\/a>. So many different things are mixed up there it&#8217;s hard to keep track, it&#8217;s like twenty issues tangentially related all being tied together in a conspiracy theory that is interesting but frightening. I left a comment but it hasn&#8217;t shown up yet. <ins datetime=\"2004-11-17T14:17:4108:00\">Update: The comments and pings have been updated and they&#8217;re letting all viewpoints through, so speak your mind over there if you want to.<\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re up for a morning laugh you should read one of the most brain-dead posts on open source I&#8217;ve ever seen. So many different things are mixed up there it&#8217;s hard to keep track, it&#8217;s like twenty issues tangentially related all being tied together in a conspiracy theory that is interesting but frightening. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2004\/11\/open-source-ghost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Source Ghost<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2004\/11\/open-source-ghost\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Open Source Ghost","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2004\/11\/open-source-ghost\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2004\/11\/open-source-ghost\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Asides","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2004-11-17T19:00:46Z","datePublished":"2004-11-17T19:00:46Z","dateModified":"2004-11-17T22:18:57Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Open Source Ghost\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/open-source-ghost\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/open-source-ghost\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Asides\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2004-11-17T19:00:46Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2004-11-17T19:00:46Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2004-11-17T22:18:57Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-rP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14884,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2009\/10\/matt-qa-wordpress-open-source\/","url_meta":{"origin":1725,"position":0},"title":"Q&#038;A: WordPress &#038; Open Source","author":"Matt","date":"October 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This one covers how open source creates ownership, the importance of community to WordPress, the role of BuddyPress in social media, open source and government, and the infectious nature of the open source mindset. 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