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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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1. qbxk ◴[18 Oct 24 13:46 UTC] No.41879436[source]▶

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Tinfoil theory: Matt is actually paid by or invested in Silver Lake/WPE and using his position to tank the foundation on their behalf. Then WPE is actually king WP, and a new OSS foundation must rise from the ashes and they'll be there as trusted, responsible party to select the leaders

I admit, this is pretty far-fetched, and I don't even believe it, but I'd say the same thing about the whole affair

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