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The ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good name (www.techspot.com)
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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

The GPL doesn't allow you to use someone else's trademark. Though in this case it might be tricky for "WPEngine" to claim WordPress violated their trademark, and apparently WP has T&Cs that allow them to do it anyway.