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Regarding our Cease and Desist letter to Automattic
On October 12th we sent 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. Automattic has responded and agreed to take down the listing. Here's a bit of background on why we…
Matt has styled himself as the Benevolent Dictator for Life, and we’re expected to trust that his priorities are aligned with promoting open source, fostering community well-being, and ensuring a level playing field for independent companies to thrive—without the risk of preferential treatment for Automattic or any other affiliated entities. Seeing ACF forcibly taken from its rightful owners, in violation of community standards (and possibly trademark law), left us scrambling to make sure our intellectual property was properly protected. Our code is free, but the trademark protects the many years we’ve spent establishing a brand identity and a reputation as creators of Very Good Plugins(our company name 🤓).
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