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> There's no deception involved as far as I can tell 155 pages of deception here: https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/51-2.pdf https://wpengine.com
by cyral 2y ago
> There's no deception involved as far as I can tell
155 pages of deception here: https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/51-2.pdf https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/51-2.pdf Page 32 "Defendants Conceal the Truth Regarding the WordPress Directory" and page 73 "Wrongfully Expropriate WPE’s
Most Popular Plugin" are particularly related. (The part where Matt decides to take over WP Engine's popular plugin and rename it, taking all their customers and reviews is particularly egregious)
- karaterobot 2y agoDeception with respect to him having full control of Wordpress, which is what the quote was about.
- edanm 2y agoI'm not an expert or part of the community and haven't been following too closely. But I vaguely remember there was a story where he said he transferred control of some aspect of WP to a non-profit organization not controlled by him, with a press release and everything, but then later that day control was transferred back to him without telling anyone. In any case, I believe it's pretty clear that most people who rely on WordPress had no idea that it is almost singularly controlled by him. Whether this was done via deception or not is indeed a good question.