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Mullenweg details the complex commercial and non-commercial WordPress trademark licenses

Matt Mullenweg · Matt Mullenweg on the future of open source and why he’s taking a stand · Mar 2, 2025 · at 1:00:42

Matt Mullenweg details the tripartite compromise governing the WordPress trademark between the Foundation, WordPress.org, and Automattic.

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“And so kind of the compromise is that the foundation would kind of, ah, own the trademark and license it out for non-commercial purposes. I had a license to run WordPress.org, you know, because obviously I need that, and then Automatic would retain the commercial license and the ability to sub-license that, so to sell that to others.”

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