As part of Matt Mullenweg’s extortion attempt against WP Engine (and with his latest action, the wider WordPress community), he has claimed that there was confusion between WordPress and WP Engine. As many have pointed out, there is much more confusion between WordPress and his company Automattic’s WordPress.com service. That isn’t the only place where there is confusion. Take this recent attempt at an explanation of the structure of WordPress, including the WordPress Foundation:
WordPress’s structure works similar to the Mozilla Foundation, with a small exception that Matt is a majority stake on both sides (Automattic and the WordPress Foundation). Mozilla’s board does have some cross-over between the Foundation and Corporation, but with larger boards that influence is diluted. [Read more]