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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 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. The time for course correction is now.
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## 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/)