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Looking at the WordPress ecosystem as feudal in nature

by Richard Best

We have no entitlement to WordPress The first thing to get out of the way, before descending into feudalism, is that we have no entitlement to WordPress. Three forces may combine to give people a sense of entitlement, but the truth is something different. The three forces The three forces are the GPL, longevity, and community: Force 1 – the GPL: Anyone who gets...

October 10, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

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Automattic’s trademarks post vs other ‘WordPress hosting’ providers

Published by Richard Best

Introduction On 3 October 2024, an Associate General Counsel at Automattic published a useful post on “WordPress Trademarks: A Legal Perspective”. The post is useful for a few reasons,...

October 6, 2024
Automattic, Hosting, WP Engine

WP Engine changes use of trademarks on its website

Published by Richard Best

Question from a reader I had decided to end my posts on the Automattic-WP Engine saga but, following changes by WP Engine to its website in response to the...

October 2, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

I am not a US trademark lawyer, but…

Published by Richard Best

I can read I am not a US trademark lawyer. I am, however, a lawyer who has practised in three jurisdictions, and I know how to read. I remain...

October 1, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

Dear WP Engine…

Published by Richard Best

A letter, of sorts Dear WP Engine I am a long-time customer. I moved my sites to WP Engine a long time ago, and have built many sites since,...

September 28, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

The ‘WordPress’ trademarks and the classes of activity they cover

Published by Richard Best

The WordPress trademarks With all this talk of Automattic, WP Engine, and trademarks, I thought it might help to share a table I’ve created that lists the WordPress trademarks,...

September 28, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

From cracks in the attack on WP Engine to a roundtable

Published by Richard Best

Hats off Hats off to Matt. Despite all the heat in the community at the moment, yesterday he turned up on ThePrimeTime for an interview with ThePrimeagen to talk...

September 28, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

The Automattic-WP Engine debacle and clarity of concepts

Published by Richard Best

The three concepts A member of the WordPress community made a comment to me which, to my mind, is completely apt: “Sadly, so much is mixing/equating the moral and...

September 27, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

The latest from MM and Automattic: ‘WPE & Trademarks’

Published by Richard Best

In the latest post from MM/Automattic, WPE & Trademarks, Matt says this: “I’ve been writing and talking about WP Engine a lot in the last week, but I want...

September 26, 2024
Automattic, WP Engine

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