In reply to Jan Dembowski.

Jan, did you just turn this into a morals conversation? I think you know from our prior dealings that nothing productive would happen if we went toe to toe on that.

So while I appreciate that you said "hey everyone,let's stay on point", you also kinda went off point. One more irony in the whole debate.

What I hope to accomplish isn't really germane unless my answer is something high-handed and moralistic. I'll not insult you nor put forth a fake-sounding argument.

I DO believe that WordPress' position re "wp but not wordpress" (and) "wordpress in your subdomain is OK" is ridiculous. I DO believe I'm helping not just the community but WordPress (arrrrgh ... Automatic ... arggh ... everyone) by advancing this conversation.

But I also believe that if the wordmark I've contested is issued it's likely that there will be clamp-downs on those things next, so yeah, man, I'm trying to protect a whole lot of people besides me against that happening.

And that's not a moral position; it's a legal and business one.