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Wow, that WP Engine cease and desist is *next level* drama. Looks like Matt Mullenweg texted them to negotiate a fee or he would blow up their spot in his talk at WordCamp. WordPress community, fasten your seatbealts.
It’s giving late-stage silicon valley when the cease and desists are flying back and forth
PDF Link: https://automattic.com/2024/wp-engine-cease-and-desist.pdf
Shockwaves are hitting developers now as Matt appears to have disabled WP Engine’s access to the WordPress plugin repository https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1fpeqn2/plugin_repository_inaccessible_to_wp_engine/
(via @collinsworth)
@zachleat @collinsworth It doesn't only appear like that, Matt posted it in the open: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/
"WP Engine no longer has free access to WordPress.org’s resources."
IMO this is not reducing trust in WPEngine but WordPress as a whole and I can't imagine what this mess will lead to...