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- "a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox from WordPress.org that required users to pledge that they were not affiliated with WP Eng

- "a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox from WordPress.org that required users to pledge that they were not affiliated with WP Engine before logging in" So, in short, he's mad at the court for ordering him to do something, and (while the lawsuit is still running!) is basically mocking the court order, and trolling the judge and plaintiff. This guy has an attorney somewhere, and that attorney has this guy for a client. That poor attorney.

gjsman-1000 2y ago
> That poor attorney. He won't be a poor attorney after milking Matt Mullenweg. The financial rewards of having to defend one of the most vindictive clients ever[1] are probably not small, especially when your client is so mentally stuck that they will see their delusional case to the last appeal. [1] https://wordpressenginetracker.com https://wordpressenginetracker.com
- ablation 2y ago
  If that’s genuinely an Automattic site, well… I guess I thought I couldn’t be surprised by the petty and spiteful depths Matt could sink to anymore. I was wrong. Infantile.
  - mateus1 2y ago
    There’s an Automattic footer. I’m baffled at the stupidity.
rolph 2y ago
'a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox' remove means gone, not altered or replaced. i think clarification comes next, offering a chance to demonstrate lack of contempt before being jailed.
- ted_bunny 2y ago
  On what grounds? He changed the statement the box makes by the user. It's silly compliance but O think you really have to go further than this for contempt.
  - rolph 2y ago
    nope, in a simple lexicon, all you have to do is piss off any member of the court, this stands for most jurisdictions https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=contempt%20of%20court https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=contempt%20of%20court
    - ted_bunny 2y ago
      As a process server, this pleases me greatly
- xboxnolifes 2y ago
  Depends. If an item is ordered to be removed from a store, there isn't an assumption that the shelf be left empty.
  - rolph 2y ago
    changing the wrapper is not removing the item, and the congruity of WithPinapple compared to WordPress is a common obfusication, method. this would be indirect contempt, of court order to the prejudice of the courts authority to mandate injunctive relief
  - exsomet 2y ago
    One key difference that I suspect the court will consider is that this isn’t a shelf.
pluginvulns 2y ago
Top lawyers at his company, Automattic, have been leaving: https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/12/02/for-the-second-time-this-year-automattics-top-lawyer-has-left/ https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/12/02/for-the-sec... The lawyer he retained for this case, Neal Katyal, is not a sympathetic figure to a lot of people: https://newrepublic.com/article/160481/neal-katyal-depravity-big-law https://newrepublic.com/article/160481/neal-katyal-depravity...
Gud 2y ago
For an unscrupulous attorney, a client like this would be great no? Talk about easy money.

gjsman-1000 2y ago

> That poor attorney. He won't be a poor attorney after milking Matt Mullenweg. The financial rewards of having to defend one of the most vindictive clients ever[1] are probably not small, especially when your client is so mentally stuck that they will see their delusional case to the last appeal. [1] https://wordpressenginetracker.com https://wordpressenginetracker.com

ablation 2y ago
If that’s genuinely an Automattic site, well… I guess I thought I couldn’t be surprised by the petty and spiteful depths Matt could sink to anymore. I was wrong. Infantile.
- mateus1 2y ago
  There’s an Automattic footer. I’m baffled at the stupidity.

rolph 2y ago

'a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox' remove means gone, not altered or replaced. i think clarification comes next, offering a chance to demonstrate lack of contempt before being jailed.

ted_bunny 2y ago
On what grounds? He changed the statement the box makes by the user. It's silly compliance but O think you really have to go further than this for contempt.
- rolph 2y ago
  nope, in a simple lexicon, all you have to do is piss off any member of the court, this stands for most jurisdictions https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=contempt%20of%20court https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=contempt%20of%20court
  - ted_bunny 2y ago
    As a process server, this pleases me greatly
xboxnolifes 2y ago
Depends. If an item is ordered to be removed from a store, there isn't an assumption that the shelf be left empty.
- rolph 2y ago
  changing the wrapper is not removing the item, and the congruity of WithPinapple compared to WordPress is a common obfusication, method. this would be indirect contempt, of court order to the prejudice of the courts authority to mandate injunctive relief
- exsomet 2y ago
  One key difference that I suspect the court will consider is that this isn’t a shelf.

pluginvulns 2y ago

Top lawyers at his company, Automattic, have been leaving: https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/12/02/for-the-second-time-this-year-automattics-top-lawyer-has-left/ https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/12/02/for-the-sec... The lawyer he retained for this case, Neal Katyal, is not a sympathetic figure to a lot of people: https://newrepublic.com/article/160481/neal-katyal-depravity-big-law https://newrepublic.com/article/160481/neal-katyal-depravity...

Gud 2y ago

For an unscrupulous attorney, a client like this would be great no? Talk about easy money.