Two articles on Fast Company’s website descrribe a dispute over WordPress’ Trademark between the original creator and the WordPress platform operated by Automattic, Inc.
“In late September, Mullenweg shut off access to WP Engine, alleging the company had extracted value from WordPress (which was created as an open source project) to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in investment—all without giving back to the community, and creating confusion by what Mullenweg alleges was breaching WordPress’s trademarks. The WordPress trademark is held by the WordPress Foundation, which Mullenweg is a board member of but doesn’t entirely control. Automattic is a for-profit WordPress host of similar scale as WP Engine, and the two are in fact direct competitors.“
Read more here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91209753/the-wordpress-drama-could-have-major-implications-for-the-internet?
And here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91198361/the-chaos-at-wordpress-revolves-around-a-clash-of-egos
