Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic introduced on Reddit that WP Engine initiated authorized motion towards WordPress, Automattic, and Mullenweg himself. Mullenweg wrote that WordPress is countersuing.
WP Engine is a number one managed WordPress host supplier that Mullenweg alleges is violating the WordPress trademark.
Mullenweg’s feedback got here in a Reddit thread titled “Matt Mullenweg must step down from WordPress.org management ASAP” during which he defined his aspect of the difficulty with WP Engine.
He wrote that he mentioned the scenario with the WP Engine workers attending the WordCamp WordPress convention final Friday during which he talked about presumably banning WP Engine and that he was making an attempt to resolve his situation with the corporate up till his closing Q&A which he determined was a speech towards WP Engine.
Mullenweg described visiting the WP Engine sales space at WordCamp and providing to print the staff new attendee badges within the even that WP Engine is banned.
His description:
“That *if* we needed to take down the WP Engine sales space and ban WP Engine that night, my colleague Chloé might print all of them new private badges in the event that they nonetheless needed to attend the convention personally, as they’re neighborhood members, not simply their firm.”
Mullenweg insisted that he tried to resolve the battle:
“The complete day I used to be in discussions with Heather Brunner and Lee Wittlinger making an attempt to de-escalate and resolve their trademark violations and unhealthy conduct within the WordPress neighborhood. I returned to the sales space round 4:30 PM to say that I had lastly gotten a message again from Lee and Heather and was optimistic we might attain an answer so the sales space wouldn’t be taken down that night.
I needed to resolve every thing earlier than my presentation on Friday afternoon, the place I used to be both going to do regular Q&A as deliberate or current the case for what WP Engine has completed incorrect. Heather and Lee responded to my textual content messages, however refused to get on a name or attain any kind of verbal understanding with me, and so I delivered the presentation. I used to be calling each backstage actually minutes earlier than I bought on, making an attempt to keep away from this complete situation.
WP Engine has now filed formal authorized motion towards WordPress.org, myself, Automattic, and we’re doing the identical towards them, so I could not be capable of touch upon this an excessive amount of sooner or later.”
Reactions To Mullenweg’s Publish
As if this second there was no public announcement by WP Engine. Some Redditors in that dialogue had been incredulous that Mullenweg put a deadline of that afternoon to finalize an answer with WP Engine.
One Redditor posted:
“What might presumably be resolved in a couple of hours at a convention? Had been they to vary their title and lower a fats verify that day?”
Mullenweg responded:
“They’ve been stringing issues alongside for years, it seems their primary technique is simply to delay decision whereas they proceed their unhealthy conduct, printing money.”
It is a creating story, extra shall be added because it turns into recognized.
Learn Mullenweg’s put up:
To be very clear, I was 100% cordial and polite to everyone at the booth
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