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When that is happening between two companies I generally don't care about it that much, but I hope open source doesn't turn out to be collateral damage here.
This is getting embarrassing. I was a big fan of Matt's before this whole charade started but he's basically flushing 20 years of goodwill down the drain for not a whole lot in return. As best as I can tell this is all over a trademark dispute over the "WP" in WPEngine (and a hand-forcing by Automattic to implement a retroactive licensing agreement)?
Regardless of which side you're on, so far the one thing that seems clear here is that the lawyers are going to be the real winners here. When that is happening between two companies I generally don't care about it that much, but I hope open source doesn't turn out to be collateral damage here.
Both parties seemingly suck, and I wish them both the worst. In the meantime, this is a great excuse to promote WP-alternatives and improve upon them just in case this whole thing goes completely pear-shaped.
What percentage of WPEngine does Automattic own? Why do not they donate to Wordpress Foundation out of that?
Where is it documented Automattic (or Mr Mullenweg) owns any of WP Engine? (ETA: Not saying it's impossible he or they have an interest -- I've just never seen this suggested. WP Engine is in many ways a competitor to wordpress.com, so it would be unusual, I think. And he/they have long not been a fan of WP Engine.)
What percentage of WPEngine does Automattic own? Why do not they donate to Wordpress Foundation out of that?
Where is it documented Automattic (or Mr Mullenweg) owns any of WP Engine? (ETA: Not saying it's impossible he or they have an interest -- I've just never seen this suggested. WP Engine is in many ways a competitor to wordpress.com, so it would be unusual, I think. And he/they have long not been a fan of WP Engine.)
https://wptavern.com/automattic-makes-second-investment-wpen...
> "WP Engine can hardly say the same" So much of Automattic's corpospeak drips with spite. Makes me understand why other companies are so "bland" — to protect themselves
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where is it documented Automattic (or Mr Mullenweg) owns any of WP Engine? (ETA: Not saying it's impossible he or they have an interest -- I've just never seen this suggested. WP Engine is in many ways a competitor to wordpress.com, so it would be unusual, I think. And he/they have long not been a fan of WP Engine.)
Automattic were an early investor in WPEngine, but they exited the investment around 2018.
2018 would tie in with about when I first got the impression he was not a fan of WP Engine. I'm sure there was fuss once before (about them not being on the "recommended hosting" page?)
What percentage of WPEngine does Automattic own? Why do not they donate to Wordpress Foundation out of that?
Where is it documented Automattic (or Mr Mullenweg) owns any of WP Engine? (ETA: Not saying it's impossible he or they have an interest -- I've just never seen this suggested. WP Engine is in many ways a competitor to wordpress.com, so it would be unusual, I think. And he/they have long not been a fan of WP Engine.)
https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/15/silverton-automattic-put-1...
This is getting embarrassing. I was a big fan of Matt's before this whole charade started but he's basically flushing 20 years of goodwill down the drain for not a whole lot in return. As best as I can tell this is all over a trademark dispute over the "WP" in WPEngine (and a hand-forcing by Automattic to implement a retroactive licensing agreement)?
I'm only slightly following the dispute between Automattic and WPEngine but it might have more to do with WPEngine rewriting the payment identifier on Automattic's open source Woo Commerce ecommerce plugin.
WPEngine's payment identifier rewrite results in WPEngine getting a cut of ecommerce payments processed through their hosted sites and not Automattic.
I don't know the details though and probably didn't even explain it right. Matt talked about it recently in a Youtube interview.
This is getting embarrassing. I was a big fan of Matt's before this whole charade started but he's basically flushing 20 years of goodwill down the drain for not a whole lot in return. As best as I can tell this is all over a trademark dispute over the "WP" in WPEngine (and a hand-forcing by Automattic to implement a retroactive licensing agreement)?
As I understand it the claimed trademark infringement is WPE saying they ‘provide WordPress hosting’. If they are successful can anyone built an opens source hosting business?