99% of the times it's CMS that they are referring to, not the trademark nor the company .. Businesswise, this is in the WordPress success to use one and CMS to build free blogosphere on WordPress com and to create community of volunteers on WordPress org to develop, upgrade and use CMS.. One of the common WordPress paths is to start designer, content marketer to work on built and hosted WP platforms.. It's important to know that WordPress CMS is licensed under Generic Public License which offers the following benefits to users and businesses. That means every development company can design and develop number and type of plug-ins and themes compatible with CMS and that would be included in WP repository.. The WordPress foundation was created and works to ensure that WordPress CMS is available, maintained, and developed. It owns the WordPress org domain plus in 2010 Automattic donated the WordPress trademark to the foundation to support the long-term of WP project. Automattic has the ability to use the WordPress trademark and to operate the WordPress com domain. According to Open Hub's Project Cost Calculator and its data from September 2018, the estimated cost of building WordPress was USD 8,282,611.. We are proud to be part of this inspiring global project, to have written hundreds of core code lines, created and translated numerous themes and plugins, sponsored most of the in our area, shared knowledge and know-how WordCamp talks and Contributor days, and so on...
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