alt Hacker NewsI would like to understand what "[t]he use of which were already allowed under the existing open source licenses..." from the preceding comment meant.
I'm not a lawyer. Nominative fair use is complicated, as is WPE's use of the WP marks. All I can hope for here is to understand what claims people are making.
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graeme • 10/02/2024
Ah, fair point. Yeah I agree, the open source licenses have no bearing on the matter. Only permissions would come from either trademark law or a negotiated agreement.
> use of the WP marks
I realize you may just have been abbreviating, but until the middle of this current dispute, the WordPress Foundation explicitly allowed the use of "WP". Matt just edited it after framing it as a trademark issue.