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WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.

The blocked resources in question? Automatic security and features updates and plugin/theme repository access. Matt Mullenweg reasserted his claim that this was a trademark issue. In tandem, WordPress.org updated its Trademark Policy page to forbid WP Engine specifically (way after the Cease & Desist): from “you are free to use [‘WP’] n any way you see fit” to a diatribe:

The abbreviation “WP” is not covered by the WordPress trademarks, but please don’t use it in a way that confuses people. For example, many people think WP Engine is “WordPress Engine” and officially associated with WordPress, which it’s not. They have never once even donated to the WordPress Foundation, despite making billions of revenue on top of WordPress.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained attempts to provide a full chronology so far.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•5 hours ago

    Nah. WordPress is GPL, they can’t bitch about someone else reselling it. That would be like Linus Thorvalds blocking a company that sells linux distro because he doesn’t like them.

    And also wordpress is a piece of trash.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•3 hours ago

          If people post lies about trademark rights multiple places, they should be responded to multiple places.

          • AatubeOP
            2•3 hours ago

            Yeah, I agree with telling him it, but I also don’t like following up on the same thing in multiple places. I’m putting it here so Inter can respond there later.

    • AatubeOP
      1•3 hours ago

      There’s still the compelling-ish point of them only contributing 40 hours to the project per week, though.