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Re:So long WordPress by Kwpolska on Monday October 28, 2024 @03:26PM (#41975071)
Does merely hosting a website on WP Engine constitute an affiliation? I wouldn’t consider myself affiliated with Apple, Microsoft, or Volkswagen, just because I use their products and services.
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Re:So long WordPress by tejtm on Monday October 28, 2024 @03:41PM (#41975267)
Remember all those chapters of legal mumbo jumbo you had to click-thru just get on with your day?

You may not consider yourself an affiliate but if the lawyers decide you are a teapot then you are either a teapot or were very rich.

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Re:So long WordPress by morgancollett on Monday October 28, 2024 @03:37PM (#41975210)
I would say, no. Matt Mullenweg says, ask your lawyer.

If only he'd said no as well - not doing so seems petty.

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Re:So long WordPress by badrequest on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:47PM (#41976115)
The author (and myself, coincidentally) used to work at WP Engine. I still have friends there, I could still describe their infrastructure if I had to. How am I not to interpret myself as "affiliated?"
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