AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoThe ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good namewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkThe ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good namewww.techspot.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe GPL doesn’t allow you to use someone else’s trademark. Though in this case it might be tricky for “WPEngine” to claim WordPress violated their trademark, and apparently WP has T&Cs that allow them to do it anyway.
The GPL doesn’t allow you to use someone else’s trademark. Though in this case it might be tricky for “WPEngine” to claim WordPress violated their trademark, and apparently WP has T&Cs that allow them to do it anyway.