> My only question is why aren't we holding Automattic to the same standard we are scrutinising WP Engine? If I understand the situation correctly, Automattic

> My only question is why aren't we holding Automattic to the same standard we are scrutinising WP Engine? If I understand the situation correctly, Automattic has a commercial license for the WordPress trademark, while WP Engine does not. > Is it really open source if I am not even remotely a lawyer, but my understanding is the answer is a strict and emphatic "yes". Open source is about the copyright license, which is a license to use, transmit, and modify the software. WordPress uses a recognized open source license. Everything in the ecosystem, such as a plugin registry, is completely separate to the notion of whether or not the core software is open source. There are valid criticisms of the behavior here, but "is it really open source if ..." is not one of them.