automattic

  • Defending Open Source: Our Legal Response to WP Engine’s Meritless Complaint

    Automattic, and our CEO Matt Mullenweg, are devoted to the ethos of open source, democratizing publishing through the WordPress platform and protecting the thriving, collaborative ecosystem built around software that powers over 40% of the web.  Matt and Automattic have granted away significant rights and provided extensive free services—something most individuals and companies would never…

  • Looking Ahead

    This week, Automattic undertook a strategic realignment to better pursue our core values and operational goals. In keeping with the transparency that has marked our longtime commitment to the open source community, we’re sharing here that we offered our employees a generous buy-out package. The offer underscores our dedication to mutual compatibility and respect within…

  • Automattic—WP Engine Term Sheet

    One of the many lies in Silver Lake and WP Engine’s C&D was their claim that Automattic demanded money from them moments before our CEO Matt Mullenweg gave his keynote at WordCamp US. That is not true. Automattic asked for a verbal agreement that WP Engine would give some percentage of their revenue back into…

  • Open Source, Trademarks, and WP Engine

    For those just catching up: WP Engine needs a trademark license. Since being taken over by private equity firm Silver Lake in 2018, WP Engine has built a half-a-billion a year business by confusing consumers with their commercial use of the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks. Automattic has tried for years to get WP Engine to obtain a commercial license…