WordPress has a hybrid / dual business model: wordpress.org and wordpress.com. Copyrights belong to Matt and the code is open source, which results in a successful commercial business which does not own the software it creates.

Their commercial model doesn’t seem to rely on owning the code copyrights. They are simply selling a hosting and customising service. This doesn’t require selling different licences to the software.

Anyone else could take the wordpress source and do the same thing.

I was under the impression there was a second group of people unrelated to WordCamp who were using the upstairs part of the venue for lunch. Could be wrong..

Looking forward to the next one.

As the venue was pretty informal, you can expect stampedes after speakers, as people jossle around to smoke, go the the bathroom, or chat to each other. We do want people to do all of this, but not disrupt the entire room when they do so!

Thanks for your suggestions, and these will definitely be rectified in the events that Younique puts together in the future!