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先用 Hacker News 這邊的背景說明當作開頭，在 id=41614406 這邊提到 WP Engine 的員工因為直接吐槽 WP Engine 的官僚不同意參與貢獻 WordPress (但先前有公開講會參與貢獻) 而被 fire：
It looks like people here are missing the context of the source of the issue between Matt and WP engine. Couple days ago he posted on X that wpengine has similar revenue to automattic, yet doesn’t contribute back to open source as much as they promised to (5 hour per week per employee or something like that). A wpengine employee replied to a post saying that management doesn’t allow them to contribute to WordPress open source because it doesn’t align with KPI targets. That employee got fired the next day. That’s when Matt’s issue with wpengine escalated.
另外的資訊是 Matt Mullenweg (WordPress 的專案發起人，以及 Automattic 的 CEO) 發了「WP Engine is not WordPress」這篇，接著是 WP Engine 發了 C&D letter 給 Automattic，然後也公告 X (Twitter) 上：
Today WP Engine sent what is called a “cease and desist” letter to Automattic demanding that Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg stop making and retract false, harmful and disparaging statements against WP Engine. In response to misinformation he has disseminated about the…
— WP Engine (@wpengine) September 23, 2024
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