Definitely agree that this is a step in the good direction. However I can understand the cynicism up to some level.

WordPress is trademarked, right? The wordpress.org/about/domains page for example states to rather not use WordPress in the domain name because it can be confusing. At the same time in the footer of wordpress.org there is a prominent link to wordpress.com. This fuels confusion (and cynicism or even distrust by some people) and may get people to think it’s sort of the same thing.

Well maybe now the time is right to get things in check.