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> What the hell are you on about? Wordpress is GPL. Are all Linux distro profiting off Linus’ brand? > There is a very simple thing you can do if you don’t want
by silverliver 2y ago
> What the hell are you on about? Wordpress is GPL. Are all Linux distro profiting off Linus’ brand?
> There is a very simple thing you can do if you don’t want people to do this: use a different license. You cannot eat your cake and keep having it.
Not taking sides here, but the GPL did not include a trademark grant the last time I checked. In fact, treating copyright and trademark rights separately is a fairly well-established strategy in the open source world (e.g.Firefox and Ubuntu).
- kergonath 2y agoYou are entirely right. But trademark has nothing to do with the “not contributing to the community” thing, whatever that means. Going after Wordpress-Engine with a trademark angle makes sense. Although: 1- I don’t think that would hold any water against “WPE” 2- trademark needs to be defended (in the US at least) and you cannot let things slide for 5 years and then claim infringement. In any case, that’s not what happened. The trademark aspect was clearly an afterthought and is not the central point of the dispute.
- atonse 2y agoHe’s using trademarks because that’s all he can do. But this is about the money and jealousy about how WP Engine is making a ton of money Without adding more developers to contribute.
- immibis 2y agoWPEngine hasn't actually violated any trademarks. Matt's using trademark law because it's the least stupid lawsuit he could think of, not because he has a case