Emelia/Emi on Nostr: nprofile1q…spngt Long story short: CEO of Automattic sent a trademark threat letter ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq650a00pnrsl85awz0xq7s69ql7h6weh9lm9xa79wc7cenpm36phscspngt (nprofile…pngt) Long story short: CEO of Automattic sent a trademark threat letter to "WP Engine" because he apparently felt that they were "mooching" off of the codebase and wordpress.org (despite the code being open source and Automattic 'officially' having nothing to do with wordpress.org... it's owned directly by the CEO)
After being (rightly) told to fuck off because trademarks don't work that way, he threw a tantrum and IP-blocked their access to wordpress.org, as well as adding an "I am not affiliated with WP engine" checkbox to the login page.
Given how disruptive this is to WP engine, they filed suit for an injunction that was just granted, forcing wordpress.org to allow them access until the matter is resolved in court, which caused the CEO to go mental, and so instead of simply removing the enjoined checkbox within the 72 hours, they changed it to something nonsensical.
After being (rightly) told to fuck off because trademarks don't work that way, he threw a tantrum and IP-blocked their access to wordpress.org, as well as adding an "I am not affiliated with WP engine" checkbox to the login page.
Given how disruptive this is to WP engine, they filed suit for an injunction that was just granted, forcing wordpress.org to allow them access until the matter is resolved in court, which caused the CEO to go mental, and so instead of simply removing the enjoined checkbox within the 72 hours, they changed it to something nonsensical.