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Re:Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress by Lalabadie on Saturday October 05, 2024 @12:08PM (#41750859)
To have a history of trademark enforcement would be my guess, but I think we're all learning that Matt is way over his head, probably from before the whole WPE situation. There's no consistent strategy or narrative.

What I got from other sources is that Automattic's finances in general are not looking too good, and this is just one very public occurence of a flailing, under qualified CEO trying to be hands-on to solve the situation.

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Re:Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress by echoangle on Saturday October 05, 2024 @12:23PM (#41750975)
It would be hilarious if it’s to get a history of trademark enforcement, I don’t think you can do that after 10 years of no enforcement and after already being in litigation.
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Re:Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress by Lalabadie on Saturday October 05, 2024 @04:17PM (#41752581)
If that's what he's doing, I eagerly look forward to the judge's choice of language.
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Re:Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress by chomp on Saturday October 05, 2024 @01:25PM (#41751409)
I’ve worked with Matt’s team while I was in the hosting industry- Matt has always cared very deeply about it being called WordPress. I’ve written recursive web crawlers to alert us on miscapitaizations for this specific issue, even 10 years ago.
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