This feels a bit like iojs/ayojs without the political influence again. Forking a project, especially as mainstream as WordPress, isn't all fun and games. Mai

This feels a bit like iojs/ayojs without the political influence again. Forking a project, especially as mainstream as WordPress, isn't all fun and games. Maintaining the fork with all the security patches and plugin support is a lot of work and comes with great responsibility. I don't think personally that forking has really ever worked as an attempt to force anyones hand, so I would advice against it unless you're committed to actually actively maintain and develop the fork for the foreseeable future.