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		metamichael 20 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthe... WordPress Foundation: Owns the trademark Automattic: Owns the commercial right to use and sell the license This is done because the WordPress Foundation is non-profit. The legal intricacies of this have been worked out a long time ago. You want to use the WordPress license? Then you'll have to buy it from Automattic.

re-thc 13 hours ago [–]

> The legal intricacies of this have been worked out a long time ago.

Doesn't sound like. Most people are still confused.

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