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Spam and Matt Mullenweg's mother
Created: 05/15/2007
Video description: Nearly everything about WordPress and its related apps is open source. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg explains to Webware Editor Rafe Needleman why his anti-spam app is not open source. Mullenweg also shares thoughts about making money in the blogosphere.

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