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Automattic demanded a cut of WP Engine’s revenue before starting WordPress battle
The drama continues.
Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, asked rival hosting service WP Engine to hand over 8 percent of its revenue each month before igniting a very public battle over what you can and can’t do with an open-source project. If WP Engine chose to pay a royalty fee, Automattic said it would publicly attribute part of its contributions to Five for the Future — a program that encourages companies to dedicate 5 percent of resources to the WordPress.org project — “so the community understands your commitment to the long-term flourishing of WordPress.” WP Engine later sent a cease and desist order to Automattic, saying Mullenweg “embarked on a series of harassing text messages and calls” to the company’s board members and its CEO before his WordCamp keynote.
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