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by InsomniacL 524 days ago
> WordPress.org has to pay for their servers and WP Engine is a for-profit company that is using WordPress.org's services, free of charge, for their own gain. Mutual consideration here seems warranted.

WPEngine allege

> > "As part of the WordPress community, WPE has contributed tens of millions of dollars in ongoing support "

> going to get that pedantic

I didn't think i was being pedantic, sorry.

I don't understand the US Court system but from what i gather, at least Attempted Extortion and breaches of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act are crimes.

COMPLAINT FOR:

(1) Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations;

(2) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Relations;

(3) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.;

(4) Attempted Extortion;

(5) Unfair Competition, Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200, et seq.;

(6) Promissory Estoppel;

(7) Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement;

(8) Declaratory Judgment of Non-Dilution;

(9) Libel;

(10) Trade Libel; and

(11) Slander.