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The ELI5 of why this is so complicated is what everyone thought was "Wordpress" was actually a cluster of shady self-serving business dealings by Matt Mullenweg
by legitster 2y ago
The ELI5 of why this is so complicated is what everyone thought was "Wordpress" was actually a cluster of shady self-serving business dealings by Matt Mullenweg.
The Wordpress Foundation does not actually own the name "Wordpress". The name is essentially owned by Matt Mullenweg and he licenses it out to the Foundation and other organizations which he approves of.
Matt Mullenweg was personally displeased with certain aspects of WPEngine's business, asked for money from them, and then cut off all of WPEngine's customers from accessing shared Wordpress resources. And the justification he is using was WP Engine's infringement of the copyright.
- pwillia7 2y agoDo individuals/nonprofits have different rules in the Sherman act?
- legitster 2y agoI am not sure what the Sherman act has to do with it. The more pressing problems for Mullenweg is that he is directly extorting another company, and potentially using his Wordpress non-profit organizations as a tax-fraud scheme.