# Alleged undisclosed trademark license terms ## Claim The revised complaint alleges an undisclosed trademark-license arrangement shaped WordPress governance. <!-- atomicity: 1 idea ✓ --> ## Scope & conditions - This records an allegation in a complaint, not an adjudicated fact. ## Links - [[3. Resources/Literature Notes/Lit · WP Engine files 175-page revised complaint]] — the literature note tracks the revised pleading that contains this allegation - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/Trademarking a Commons's Descriptive Terms Converts a Steward Into a Gatekeeper]] — applies-in: undisclosed license terms would be one mechanism through which control of a shared name becomes private ecosystem gatekeeping - [[3. Resources/MOCs/Open Source Governance MOC]] — applies-in: the MOC lists this note under Connected Literature Notes (synthesis 2026-07-21 — run 4). ## Source - [[3. Resources/Readwise/Articles/WP Engine Accuses Automattic and Matt Mullenweg of Concealing Control of WordPress.org and the WordPress Trademarks]]