WP Engine v. Automattic: Judge Inclined to Grant Injunction, Orders Status Quo

[Jyolsna]

[See the full post at: WP Engine v. Automattic: Judge Inclined to Grant Injunction, Orders Status Quo]

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[monstro]

Interesting development! Maintaining the status quo while legal issues are resolved seems like a balanced approach. I’m curious to see how this case unfolds and what it might mean for the hosting and CMS industry. Any predictions on how this could impact users of WP Engine and Automattic?

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[Scott Anderson]

I know this isn’t part of the lawsuit but whatever else happens, I think a court needs to force Matt Mullenweg to hand over ownership of the WordPress.org domain to the WordPress Foundation. It’s incredibly dangerous (and I suspect before this, not well known) for the community to have any individual (but especially someone who has demonstrated such capricious behavior as Matt) personally own the domain on which so many of us rely to do our work.

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[muzmail]

WP Engine is a premium managed WordPress hosting provider focused on performance and security, offering high-end hosting solutions for businesses. Automattic, the parent company of WordPress, manages platforms like WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. While both are integral to the WordPress ecosystem, they cater to different user needs and services.

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[Doug]

I’m not particularly fond of copyright fights (I’ve had issues with people using my photography to sell their products). Having said that, I think presenting WordPress without the core defaults and telling customers not to worry about it is highly misleading and could cause people to leave WordPress because of a dev agency. What other things are they going to turn off and promote as WordPress? I think Matt is doing an excellent job of putting a fork in the road here. They benefit from using WP as a shorthand for WordPress. If I told you I was a WP expert, you wouldn’t assume WP stands for something else. You type WP into Google, and the WP Engine pages appear multiple times next to WordPress.com and WordPress.org. How is it not copyright infringement if it is not contributing? I genuinely appreciate the Delicious Brains emails (and, once upon a time, their plugins), but I think they screwed this up back in 2022. Whether you like it or not, a plugin developer cannot decide what a brand (Automattic, WooCommerce, WordPress) is by shipping versions of software that aren’t the full version and claiming it is. Even GoDaddy mentions “Managed WordPress”. The people copying and pasting my photographs to make money didn’t set up the lighting, A/B experiment, buy the lenses, buy the camera, or edit these photos in Photoshop. I totally get where Automattic is coming from. I don’t get why people don’t get that. Automattic can ask you politely to contribute to the community project or charge royalties if you choose not to. However, this works out in the courts, I know what side I am on.

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[Ndna Jnz]

It is readily apparent this judge does not understand any of this.

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