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by Terretta 635 days ago
> He allegedly asked WP Engine to pay astronomical amounts of money to WordPress...

If we use the word “astronomical” to represent a percentage of profits, what word do we use to describe the profits?
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ceejayoz 635 days ago
WP Engine asserts they demanded "a significant percentage of its gross revenues", not profits. I'm not sure we know what their margin is.
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JimDabell 635 days ago
Matt Mullenweg confirmed:

> They had the option to license the WordPress trademark for 8% of their revenue, which could be delivered either as payments, people (Five for the Future .org commitments), or any combination of the above.

— https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1fnz0h6/cease_de...

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