create/update '2024-10-20-wp-and-oss.md' file

Author: ShaunaGordon

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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ That is...until the creator of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, Matt Mullenweg,
 
 ![I admire your courage, but not your intelligence. Good luck.](/images/mash.gif)
 
-(If you don't know what I'm talking about and are feeling masochistic, [the Verge has a good rundown](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/?guccounter=1).)
+(If you don't know what I'm talking about and are feeling masochistic, [the Verge has a good rundown](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/).)
 
 There's just...there's so much to unpack here.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ I'm going to try to stay away from the legal nitty-gritty, but it's kind of hard
 
 Matt's allegations fall on their face before they even leave the gate for this reason alone. You see, in order to legally enforce your trademark, you have to...you know...*enforce your trademark*. Implicitly (or perhaps explicitly, I'm not sure), you're expected to send a cease and desist letter as soon as possible after you're made aware of the violation. This is why organizations like Disney, Lucas Arts, and the Tolkien Estate are so draconian about enforcing their trademarks and copyrights (hence the common addage "don't mess with the mouse").
 
-The problem is, **WP Engine was founded in 2010**. If what they're doing violates trademark now (it's not), then it's been violating it for nearly 15 years, and Matt's done nothing about it. And there's no *possible* way he didn't previously know about the company, because they maintain the famous Advanced Custom Fields, contribute to WordPress regularly, and sponsor WordCamp. Oh, and *Automattic invested in WP Engine for years* (until recently, as I understand it). They're not an unknown entity, by *any* stretch of the imagination.
+The problem is, **WP Engine was founded in 2010**. If what they're doing violates trademark now (it's not, I'll get to that in a minute), then it's been violating it for nearly 15 years, and Matt's done nothing about it. And there's no *possible* way he didn't previously know about the company, because they've maintain the famous Advanced Custom Fields for a few years now, contribute to WordPress regularly, and sponsor WordCamp. Oh, and *Automattic invested in WP Engine for years* (until recently, as I understand it). They're not an unknown entity, by *any* stretch of the imagination.
 
 This alone should make any lawyer laugh him out of the office, in my opinion, but I'm guessing the lawyers listed on the stationery are on retainer of some sort.