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Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?

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154 points davidandgoliath | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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codegeek ◴[17 Oct 24 20:55 UTC] No.41873704[source]▶
Mullenweg just keeps digging. He is the only person I have ever seen interacting in such a petty manner that he made a company backed by Private Equity look like a victim. If Trademark was the issue, why did it take him over a decade ? Why is he not going after all the other gazillion WP providers that use similar phrase on their website ? We all know the answer. The only company (WP Engine) that beat his for profit company (wordpress.com). He is just salty.
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corobo ◴[17 Oct 24 21:38 UTC] No.41874090[source]▶
> He is the only person I have ever seen interacting in such a petty manner that he made a company backed by Private Equity look like a victim

Right. At the very start of this I was automatically on wordPress' side because yeah, kick back if you make a mint off free code. It's the morally correct thing to do.

The rest is just.. wtf. I hope I never mullenweg a project this badly.

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1. bigiain ◴[18 Oct 24 00:19 UTC] No.41875171[source]▶
Congratulations!

"I hope I never mullenweg a project this badly."

That is the only good thing I've seen come out of this whole debacle. This needs to become standard tech/OSS lexicon, and Matt's enduring legacy.