diff --git a/markdown/The Missteps of WordPress and Automattic: A Looming Threat to the Community.md b/markdown/The Missteps of WordPress and Automattic: A Looming Threat to the Community.md index e8ad577..935cf75 100644 --- a/markdown/The Missteps of WordPress and Automattic: A Looming Threat to the Community.md +++ b/markdown/The Missteps of WordPress and Automattic: A Looming Threat to the Community.md @@ -59,4 +59,15 @@ Automattic and WordPress.org must take a step back and consider the long-term co The WordPress community has always thrived on collaboration and shared success. By prioritizing corporate interests over the collective good, Automattic is at risk of turning WordPress into a product, rather than a project. And when that happens, developers, hosts, and users alike will be forced to ask themselves: Is WordPress still worth it? -The time for course correction is now. \ No newline at end of file +The time for course correction is now. + +--- +## Sources + +- [WordPress.org: WP Engine is not WordPress](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/) +- [WP Engine Cease and Desist Letter](https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf) +- [WordPress Trademark Policy Changes (Archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240924024555/) +- [WordPress Foundation: Trademark Policy](https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/) +- [Reddit Discussion: WordPress Trademark Policy](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1foknoq/the_wordpress_foundation_trademark_policy_was/?share_id=pDvacXlhttDifEUjnc5tq) +- [Reddit Discussion: WP Engine Plugin Repository Inaccessibility](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1fpeqn2/plugin_repository_inaccessible_to_wp_engine/) +- [WordPress.org: WP Engine Banned](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/) \ No newline at end of file