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So then you're agreeing that Automattic isn't a unicorn, and you also hinting that they should be a non-profit.

Yes there are third party solutions that do this, but Automattic should be doing that.

The Automattic guys did some testing a few years ago with better results on SolarFlare.

He also got his whole company (Automattic) into this strictly personal issue, by purchasing the domain (and probably hiring the lawyers) with Automattic assets/$$.

But I don't get the impression that Automattic views itself as a non-profit, but maybe they should.

If I were on the board of Automattic I'd be showing him the exit, at least for a little while.

The other replies citing Automattic Wordpress and 37Signals did not do that.

Again this is something that Automattic should do, but doesn't.

Does this begin to create legal liability because a) WPF isn't really being a non-profit; or b) Automattic has been attaching requirements to their contributions and support?

As far as I know, Automattic (the company behind WordPress) doesn't have offices.

I know Automattic (makers of Wordpress, among other things) does that.

> Automattic filed cancellation requests for all three trademarks umm...

Automattic is a commercial entity working to "defend" the trademark and attack a license infringer.

They're both being childish, but frankly I have little sympathy for Matt or Automattic here; this kind of corporate "warfare" is abhorrent in all cases in my opinion.

I don't understand how the word "thesis" can be both "generic", as Automattic repeatedly claim, and "merely descriptive", as they claim in their trademark attack.

There is no legitimate reason why Matt/Automattic should own thesis.com or would try to invalidate the trademarks.

Mongoose is also very much not the default MongoDB client in Node.js - it's a third-party client library by Automattic.

More importantly, if WordPress/Matt/Automattic wanted to fight that the entire API community would be on opposite side because of the implications.