WordPress coset uper asks court to disthink about WP Engine’s legal case

WordPress coset uper Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic have asked a court to disthink about WP Engine’s legal case accusing them of slander and force. In a filing on Wednesday, Mullenweg argues that WP Engine is conjuring claims “out of legitimate lean air,” while alleging it proceeds to participate the WordPress tradetag “in unapexhibitd ways.”

As noticed in the filing, Mullenweg claims he has “no obligation to provide” WordPress.org’s resources to WP Engine. “The mere fact that WP Engine made the hazardous decision to base its growing business on a site to which it has no rights or promise of access, without making backup structures, is not enough for it to conjure a claim out of legitimate lean air,” the filing reads.

Mullenweg goes on to claim WP Engine has “chosen without fairification to aggression Automattic and Matt,” despite allegedly having “no legitimate (or moral) rights” to WordPress.org’s free services.

This very uncover spat has liftd troubles among broadeners apass the WordPress ecosystem who now stress whether they, too, could get cut off from WordPress. But Mullenweg doesn’t seem too worried about the impact. During an intersee at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event on Wednesday, Mullenweg said his fight agetst WP Engine is “clearly” worth the danger.

A hearing for WP Engine’s case agetst WordPress is currently scheduled for next March.