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Technology

Dec. 12, 2024

Injunction issued in dispute that could define open-source future

The case illustrates the sometimes uncomfortable "push-pull" that can occur between an entity that maintains a technology platform and third-party developers who build products.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction in favor of an upstart web publishing company. The dispute could help define the future of the so-called open-source software movement.

U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Tuesday ordered software provider Automattic Inc. to stop "blocking, disabling, or interfering with WPEngine's and/or its employees', users', customers', or partners" access to the wordpress.org website. This is an on...

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