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Wordpress has consistently said that “WP” is fair game, but that leaning on “Wordpress” is not.
by nickff 2y ago
Wordpress has consistently said that “WP” is fair game, but that leaning on “Wordpress” is not.
- lolinder 2y agoThey said that consistently right up until they changed the trademark policy to call out WP Engine by name: > 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. "Consistently" is not an adverb I would associate with Automattic/WordPress.org/WordPress Foundation/Matt's behavior in recent months.
- GavinAnderegg 2y agoThey used to, until the WP Engine fight began. The trademark policy was updated a few days after Matt started publicly beefing with them. There’s now the following on the trademark policy page: https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/ https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/ 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.
- nickff 2y agoThat seems clear and consistent to me; they’re not saying you can’t use “WP”, just asking that people avoid confusing users.
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