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A comment on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl... by metamichael on Thursday October 03, 2024 @01:34AM (#41727634)
WordPress Foundation: Owns the trademark

Automattic: Owns the commercial right to use and sell the license

This is done because the WordPress Foundation is non-profit. The legal intricacies of this have been worked out a long time ago. You want to use the WordPress license? Then you'll have to buy it from Automattic.

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Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl... by re-thc on Thursday October 03, 2024 @08:33AM (#41730146)
> The legal intricacies of this have been worked out a long time ago.

Doesn't sound like. Most people are still confused.

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