WPEngine asks for more: to prohibit Automattic from blocking WPEngine's access to password-protected functionality, to prohibit blocking WPEngine's access to its plugins (including ceasing the auto-migration to Automattic versions), from disclosing WPE customers, and requiring removal of the checkbox. #WPE #WPEngine #Automattic
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf
WPEngine and Automattic have stipulated to a bare bones preliminary injunction allowing WPE access to public pages and they can submit security vulnerabilities, but Automattic still wants WPEngine blocked from password-protected functionality (Automattic would not agree to more) #WPE #WPEngine #Automattic
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf
WordPress vs. WP Engine Feud: Should You Move Your Site Away from WP Engine?
Dissecting the WordPress and WP Engine Drama and Making an Argument for Ditching the Latter
#WPDrama #WordPressvWPEngine #WPvWPE #WordPress #WPEngine #WordPressDrama #Tech #Technology #CMS #ManiaTech #ManiaDevelopers
If you're not yet tired of following the dispute between Automattic and WP Engine and the impact on the WordPress community, you should read this brilliantly written post.
The post is very detailed, but describes the background and picks apart a post previously published on A8c's blog piece by piece.
In my view, it's a must-read.
https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/response-to-defending-open-source
WordPress vs. WP Engine: What does the ongoing dispute mean for security? Learn about the implications for plugin management, site security, and recent vulnerabilities. 
"Matt Mullenweg says #Automattic is ‘very short-staffed’ amid #WordPress vs. #WPEngine drama"
The hell you say!
I'm actually surprised that Matt has yet to change the Gravatars of WP Engine employees to dick pics.
So even the BBC is now also reporting about the WordPress drama.
Judge grants #WPEngine’s Prelim Injunction hearing set for Nov 26, Matt has until Oct 30 to file their reply #OhMy
#WordPress
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.34.0_2.pdf
The #WPDrama deepens as WP Fusion sends a cease and desist letter to Automattic and WordPress.com regarding the unauthorized use of the WP Fusion trademark on .com's private mirror of the WordPress plugin repository. They accuse Automattic of Trademark infringement. #WPDrama #WPEngine #mattmullenweg
Regarding our Cease and Desist letter to Automattic | WP Fusion
https://wpfusion.com/business/regarding-our-cease-and-desist-letter-to-automattic/
#WPEngine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to #WordPress resources - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273448/wp-engine-injunction-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-resources
Y’all, I have spent all morning trying to figure out why a bunch of sites were broken, and fell down a rabbit hole hole of tech bro billionaire losing his damn mind.
So, WordPress is now a hot freaking mess, as #MattMullenweg instituted a supply chain attack that broke thousands of sites, because the founder of Wordpress has decided he now owns all the open source code that 20 years of free developers have donated. And if you don’t like it, he will lock you out, steal your code, and threaten your user base.
It’s absolutely bugfuck insane. Wanna fall down the hole? Start with these:
Large compilation and timeline: https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/fire-matt
#WPEngine cease and desist:
https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf
About the supply chain attack from a software engineer: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/did-automattic-commit-open-source-theft/
There’s so much more, but I gotta go figure out migration plans, cause #Wordpress is no longer a reliable actor in the cms space.
#WPEngine seeks court intervention to stop #Automattic CEO #MattMullenweg's actions, which it claims are harming the #WordPress community.
https://gadgetbond.com/wp-engine-injunction-automattic-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-resources/
As expected, WP Engine filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the court to enjoin Wordpress from interfering with its access to wordpress.org and the WP Engine plugins
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.17.0.pdf #Wordpress #WPEngine
I wrote an open letter to Matt Mullenweg; he'll probably never read it. Either way, time to burn that proverbial bridge.
#WordPress #WPEngine
https://joseph-dickson.com/an-open-letter-to-matt-mullenweg/
In case you missed out on the drama surrounding Wordpress, here is what has happened so far.
So the head of the Wordpress Foundation and CEO of Automattic, who cofounded Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg apparently deleted his blog post responding to DHH, however I kind of made my video before he deleted it and discussed his post.it did not make Matt look good
That post will be up tonight around 4:00 PM EST.
