That whole post boils down to Mark & co(s) not having the necessary protections for their product, so they’re left with nothing to do but cry “foul” as a leech

That whole post boils down to Mark & co(s) not having the necessary protections for their product, so they’re left with nothing to do but cry “foul” as a leech non-consensually sucks value from their body of work. (A)GPL provides no protection here. Polyform NonCommercial however does protect against this, because WP Engine would have to pay for the privilege of re-sale. https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/ https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/ See also the closely aligned Fair Source: https://fair.io https://fair.io