Source is Automattic: automattic.com/2024/10/02/w...newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-...

My real question, which may or may not have been addressed in the article is: given WordPress the software is free to use and distribute and given (maybe) that WordPress the label is not free to use, then WHAT do we call WordPress software if we can't call WordPress WordPress? (JFC, MM is stupid

Toss a bone for non-subscribers?

The bomb dropped in this statement by Automattic: “For example, calling a service “WordPress Hosting” would not be nominative fair use because it makes many people think it is a hosting service offered by WordPress.” Why? B/c thousands of companies advertise “WordPress Hosting”