WordPress developer Automattic has publicly revealed its attempts to pressure rival WP Engine into signing a costly trademark license agreement. Automattic accuses WP Engine of profiting from the WordPress platform without giving back to its development.
WordPress developer Automattic on Wednesday published details of its efforts to pressure rival WP Engine to sign a trademark license agreement costing millions of dollars.
Automattic, annoyed at WP Engine using"WP Engine" as a name to do boffo business, likened WP Engine to cancer, and wanted the biz to pay millions of dollars in trademark usage fees to, in Automattic's mind, support the development of WordPress. WP Engine says it shouldn't have to cough up.
WP Engine ... has to increase returns to the investors. What do they do? Cut any voluntary expense, which includes returning any value to the creators of WordPress "So, WP Engine is in that situation, and has to increase returns to the investors. What do they do? Cut any voluntary expense, which includes returning any value to the creators of WordPress. I'm told that WordPress asked for eight percent of revenue, which sounds fair to me considering that it's the basis of WP Engine's business.
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