In
late
September,
Automattic
CEO
and
WordPress
cofounder
Matt
Mullenweg
started
a
public
dispute
with
the
hosting
provider
WP
Engine,
calling
the
company
“a
cancer
to
WordPress.”
He
accused
WP
Engine
of
not
contributing
enough
to
the
WordPress
ecosystem
and
profiting
off
of
trademark
confusion.
As
a
result,
WP
Engine
was
blocked
from
accessing
WordPress.org’s
servers.
Automattic
has
since
sent
a
cease
and
desist
order
to
WP
Engine
to
stop
it
from
using
its
trademarks,
while
WP
Engine
has
followed
up
with
a
lawsuit
that
accuses
Automattic
and
Mullenweg
of
extortion.
The
series
of
events
set
off
a
public
battle
that
calls
into
question
the
boundaries
between
WordPress.com
host
Automattic,
the
WordPress
open-source
project,
and
the
nonprofit
that’s
behind
it.
Here’s
all
the
latest
news
so
far.
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