My thoughts on #WPEngine and the recent #WordPress drama -
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My thoughts on #WPEngine and the recent #WordPress drama -
1. WP Engine certainly act in ways that are unethical and antithetical to the spirit of open source
2. @photomatt calling them out at #WCUS2024 muddied the waters between ethical, moral, and legal issues, and probably didn't get his point across as well as he'd have liked
3. I'm not qualified to comment on the legal merits of the trademark case, but I've certainly witnessed people be confused by WP Engine's marketing
Disclaimer: I'm an @automattic employee; but these are my personal opinions.
Full thoughts: https://danq.me/wp-engine
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@dan I'm sorry to say it but I don't really agree with the moral or ethical points you make. This presents a very narrow view of what you think giving back is. If we are going to get hung up on the 5% then how can MM praise Google in one breath and condemn WP Engine in the next breath. WP Engine is no less "moral" or "ethical" than Google is. Please.
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Matthias Pfefferlereplied to Tim Nolte last edited by [email protected]
@tim @dan @photomatt I think it is not about the total size of the company, it is about the part that makes money out of WordPress.