Matt Mullenweg’s Bull(enweg)
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.
Just yesterday, Matt introduced new speech-curtailing Code of Conduct rules for WordPress.org: Expanding Our Code of Conduct to Protect Private Conversations. A few days ago, Matt threatened “a big legal case” against someone for speaking out. Matt’s (supposed) motivation for the dispute with WP Engine is an attempt to curtail their Freedom of Speech, “The problem [is] their use of the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks.”. WordPress.org is deleting reviews on the Secure Custom Fields plugin.
Fortunately, Matt has made progress. Matt has learned that the First Amendment also gives him the right to shut up. The post ends on a much more positive note.
