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Mullenweg: WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress (www.searchenginejournal.com)
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Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic announced on Reddit that WP Engine initiated legal action against WordPress, Automattic, and Mullenweg himself. Mullenweg wrote that WordPress is countersuing.

WP Engine is a leading managed WordPress host provider that Mullenweg alleges is violating the WordPress trademark.

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 month ago

Isn't WordPress.com (not .org) also a crappy, overpriced experience, but maybe just in other areas, that misleads potential WordPress self-hosters exponentially more? Anyways, https://kbin.melroy.org/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/475230/WPEngine-is-suing-Matt-Mullenweg-Automattic-and-the-WordPress-foundation has a pretty good summary of the C&D.