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jonnypants83

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    Comment #42394841

    I agree in general, but there's still a problem with encouraging people for decades to build businesses around a version of WP hardcoded to .org, not letting them "phone home," not…

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    Comment #41796688

    Do you consider a site privately owned by Matt that advertises Matt's commercial products to be non-commercial because it also hosts open source code?

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    Comment #41795585

    I don't think that's clear. > Automattic owned 100% of the WordPress trademarks. Automattic's "Consideration" was to give all the non-commercial use of those trademarks to the Word…

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    Comment #41784875

    come on, Neil... you just published 700 words on the topic. You even made flow charts! Are you now saying you don't actually have a solid understanding of the situation?

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    Comment #41727468

    it is absolutely the case that you are required to go after infringers if you want to be able to enforce your trademark. A trademark isn't just another word for copyright. It's a s…

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    Comment #41727323

    as I understand it the foundation board is matt and two people matt chose.

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    Comment #41727306

    to be fair I think it's the most damning part for him as a person

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    Comment #41727203

    the statements about the non-profit situation seem especially bad. He'll obviously have his own side of the story, but I'm guessing they didn't misread the tax filings.

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