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Mullenweg: WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress (www.searchenginejournal.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic announced on Reddit that WP Engine initiated legal action against WordPress, Automattic, and Mullenweg himself. Mullenweg wrote that WordPress is countersuing.

WP Engine is a leading managed WordPress host provider that Mullenweg alleges is violating the WordPress trademark.

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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 15 points 1 month ago

Apparently, it isn’t about FOSS. It’s about trademark infringement.