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I'm confused why this statement stood out to you. Isn't that exactly what the court ordered? WP Engine could no longer be denied access to wordpress.org services, and thus he is now legally compelled to provide them with the services of wordpress.org.

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Because no the court did not order any such thing.

I'm confused why you think it did.

That was a lie. I'm not confused. It's just that the obvious explaination is not flattering.

The court order is at [1]. On page 41 and 42 it orders WP Engine's access to wordpress.org services to be reinstated to what it was on September 20, including all that entails. Thus he is now legally compelled to provide the wordpress.org services to WP Engine. He also provides those services to everyone else and used to provide them to WP Engine, but that doesn't make the statement false.

[1]: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25451524-wp-engine-v...

The court ordered him not to discriminate and not to interfere.

The court ordered that IF you want to enjoy the benefits of operating a business within the framework of services and certainties provided by the country, you can't mysteriously always be out of flour just for the black family. If you offer a service for published terms, then anyone meeting the terms gets to procure the service.

This is not compelled labor or materials or anything, because you are not compelled to operate a business.

The court does not force him to provide free labor and services period, it forces him, if he decides to provide free labor and services to anyone on his own volition, to not discriminate against specific entities.

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