> The lawsuit describes Automattic and Mullenweg’s conduct as an abuse of the open-source internet architecture, alleging that “a single individual (Matt Mullenweg) exercises apparent singular control over what they claim to be more than 40% of all websites in the world through his personal website (WordPress.org).” It calls this level of control “an appalling deception” that is “contrary to every conceivable public policy.”
That seems like a specious argument to me. There's no deception involved as far as I can tell, and I can't see how public policy has anything to do with this. It sucks for many reasons that Wordpress powers so much of the web, but it's pretty rich for someone whose business is built on Wordpress to claim its success is an existential threat. I will not comment on what I think about a cybersecurity business that is built on a Wordpress site, as it's simply not relevant.
That seems like a specious argument to me. There's no deception involved as far as I can tell, and I can't see how public policy has anything to do with this. It sucks for many reasons that Wordpress powers so much of the web, but it's pretty rich for someone whose business is built on Wordpress to claim its success is an existential threat. I will not comment on what I think about a cybersecurity business that is built on a Wordpress site, as it's simply not relevant.