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How's everyone feeling about Matt Mullenweg/Wordpress right now?

I’ve never seen someone destroy their reputation so fast. Clearly there’s a conflict of interest here.

Losing situation for all sides if not fixed immediately – WordPress.org and WP Engine both lose users, and creators lose trust as their operations are needlessly hamstrung by the censorship of services ☹️

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Looks like Matt went on a livestream to explain his position – assuming what he said is true, he’s been trying to resolve this trademark dispute for a while. Still, not sure if blocking access to WordPress.org’s CDN was an appropriate response.

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It's baffling to watch. There must be more to it. I just don't understand why someone would die on this particular hill. 

Go back and read what he wrote in the post where he called WP Engine a cancer. 

https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/

How I interpret all of this just comes down to principles. What WP Engine is doing with Wordpress is not aligned with Matt's principles – they turn off a feature (revisions) that Matt says makes Wordpress Wordpress. The software is Open Source with a GPLv2 license. Matt built a platform that others could build businesses on top of in many different ways and he doesn't like what WP Engine's business. From an outsider's perspective, it looks like Matt is being childish. Worse, because of his actions, customers are caught in the middle. Maybe I don't understand, but it kinda sours me on Matt and Wordpress.

Agreed, it’s very weird. WP Engine should be free to change the functionality as they see fit for their infrastructure. Who is Matt to tell them what they can do with their own fork of an open source project, lol

Looks like Matt went on a livestream to explain his position – assuming what he said is true, he’s been trying to resolve this trademark dispute for a while. Still, not sure if blocking access to WordPress.org’s CDN was an appropriate response.

https://youtu.be/H6F0PgMcKWM