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Re:Automattic Hit with Class Action over WP Engine Dispute by buttercraft on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @11:57AM (#43185516)
Was WordPress not a fork of someone else's work? Why the double standard?
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Re:Automattic Hit with Class Action over WP Engine Dispute by nostromo on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:16PM (#43185721)
WP could fork if that wanted to, that'd be fine. But they didn't. And then they sued to try and tell WordPress what they could and couldn't do with their own project.
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Re:Automattic Hit with Class Action over WP Engine Dispute by buttercraft on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:45PM (#43186056)
> try and tell WordPress what they could and couldn't do with their own project.

No, that's completely backwards.

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Re:Automattic Hit with Class Action over WP Engine Dispute by nostromo on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:53PM (#43186144)
It's literally in their lawsuit - they are upset about changes made to WordPress and to WordPress.com - two projects they have no rights to.
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