During an interview with The Verge, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg said WordPress.org “belongs to me” and addressed the dispute with WP Engine.
Over the past several weeks, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg has made one thing exceedingly clear: he’s in charge of WordPress’ future. Mullenweg heads up WordPress.com and its parent company, Automattic. He owns the WordPress.org project, and he even leads the nonprofit foundation that controls the WordPress trademark. To the outside observer, these might appear to be independent organizations, all separately designed around the WordPress open-source project.
” For WP Engine, what it comes down to is this: Mullenweg wants the company to contribute to WordPress, whether it’s by paying to license the WordPress trademark or by pitching into the open-source WordPress project. Even though the WordPress Foundation controls the platform’s trademark, the commercial rights for that trademark are licensed to Automattic.
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