Matt is frantically trying to justify his behaviour to dhh:<p><a href="https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843802126281257347" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843802126281257347</a>
<a href="https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843803465719620012" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843803465719620012</a>
<a href="https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843804108932944122" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843804108932944122</a><p>Matt seems to have missed that dhh called out his use of the WordPress trademark as the strategy to "get Al Capone" which Matt has admitted to multiple times.<p>What's the truth, Matt?<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-org-wp-engine" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-w...</a><p>"“The analogy I made is they got Al Capone for taxes,” Mullenweg says. “So, if a company was making half a billion dollars from WordPress and contributing back about $100,000 a year, yes, I would be trying to get them to contribute more.” WP Engine competes directly with the hosting services offered by Automattic and WordPress.com, and Mullenweg argues one of the reasons for its success is the use of “WordPress” across its site. “That’s why we’re using that legal avenue to really, yeah, pressure them. That’s true: we are pressuring them.”"<p>Is this about the trademark or not?