At this point, I have real concerns about the impact of Matt Mullenweg's words and actions on the overall image of open source software. Even if he feels that WP Engine's actions are unethical and the court is wrong, his actions are clearly having an impact on the WordPress ecosystem, including his own business. It seems self-destructive.
The WordPress CMS is licensed under the GPL, so it is permanently available for free. However, a lot of WP's value comes from themes and plugins. My understanding is that in some cases, the wordpress.org URL is hardcoded into WordPress, which can make it difficult or impossible to update your themes and plugins if they haven't been added to the directory.
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