Matt Mullenweg & Automattic/WordPress vs WP Engine

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Here’s the motion in question: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.17.0.pdf
 
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John Andrews Stan said:
Cow crossover time with Dax Herrera (of course these two assholes are pals):

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ok i'm confused. i agree they're both assholes but this is a weird crossover to me. also what the fuck is hot nacho? is that some personal inside joke meaning they are in fact irl friends?

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All according to the keikaku. I was only pretending to be retarded.
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where are these screenshots from? twitter?
 
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Mullenweg is now claiming that WPEngine is violating the first amendment by seeking injunction (lol)

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https://ma.tt/2024/10/first-amendment/ [A]

My Freedom of Speech​

WP Engine has filed hundreds pages of legal documents seeking an injunction against me and Automattic. They say this about community or some nonsense, but if you look at the core, what they’re trying to do is ask a judge to curtail my First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment is the basis of our democracy. It is inconvenient and important. It’s also short, so I’m going to quote the First Amendment in its entirety:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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This means that, with rare exceptions, the government cannot tell you not to say something.

Freedom of Speech is not Freedom of Reach​

The First Amendment says I should be able to state facts and my opinions about WP Engine. However, the New York Times is not required or compelled to publish them in their newspaper and distribute them to their subscribers.
WP Engine is free to publish whatever GPL code they want to the world. WordPress.org should not be compelled to distribute it or provide it free hosting.

Quiet For A While​

After this post, I will refrain from personally commenting on the WP Engine case until a judge rules on the injunction. I will continue to exercise my First Amendment rights to promote others’ speech. However, I hope others speak up on our battle with WP Engine, and I will boost their speech wherever I can.
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At the end of the post he promises he's going to STFU until a judge rules on the injuction. Seems unbelievable but maybe he's coming to his senses.
 
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Lmao, trying to get this thing dismissed, instead of doing the smart thing at this point and offering a settlement out of court. WP Engine has over a 100 pages of this guy chimping out and documenting his own almost criminal behavior with total impunity, and they think he can get away with it? The lawyers that haven't left yet must be yesmen who don't question a single thing he does.
 
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WP Engine motion to get to court sooner is granted. IDK what the legal words are for it.
  1. Defendants’ Opposition to the PI Motion shall be filed on or before October 30, 2024;
  2. Plaintiff’s Reply shall be filed on or before November 4, 2024;
  3. The PI Motion is hereby set for hearing on November 26 , 2024, at 10:30 a.m.

also, did matt just like, @ his entire company to write nice tweets about him? pretty bizarre that a bunch of people would simultaneously start buffing his ego. what a madman

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the automattic twitter is even weirder. they're just tweeting images of all their employees lol
 

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Matt Mullenweg is allegedly trying to hire rapper Kendrick Lamar (for $500k) to make a diss track about WP Engine:
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Someone pointed out that Matt has had this tweet pinned for a while:
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In other news, the Automattic employee who was the head mod of the r/Wordpress subreddit has stepped down. The new head mod says critique about Wordpress and news about their legal issues are now allowed:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1g8ojqd/update_on_rwordpress_moderation_going_forward/ [Archive]
Also, apparently Matt is going on a Facebook banning spree using the official Wordpress account, lol:
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Here's another popular, negative thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/..._matt_just_made_wordpress_even_less_business/ [Archive]
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Essentially Matt has made it clear that we use WordPress at our own risk, and building on WordPress is a gamble that Matt won't screw over a business at any time.
Edit - Source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.33.0.pdf
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Temperance said:
Matt Mullenweg is allegedly trying to hire rapper Kendrick Lamar (for $500k) to make a diss track about WP Engine:
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Kellie is a treasure, she's ruthless. That pinned tweet i've always found weird too.
Don't lie about me, I'll lie about you? It's not really deep or clever, it's a roundabout way of saying he'll fight in the mud with you. Which all things considered is pretty accurate though I'm pretty certain that's not the point he's trying to make.
"Don't lie about me, I'll tell the truth about you" is much better, but that's not the lyrics used (or quoted) so who knows.
 
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