I have a hard time being sympathetic for Matt given what I've read so far. The C&D WPR sent shows plenty of quotes about Matt threatening to talk poorly about W

I have a hard time being sympathetic for Matt given what I've read so far. The C&D WPR sent shows plenty of quotes about Matt threatening to talk poorly about WPE unless they pay up. If WPE is abusing WordPress infrastructure then sure, block them. It seems like corporate politics with WordPress.com are deeply entwined here. As other commenters have pointed out, it's very unclear what the relationship between Automattic, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, and the WordPress Foundation are. In the very least, it seems a conflict of interest to have the same person running all of them. From Matt, they were asking for 8% of revenue to license the WordPress trademark and donations to Automattic. https://www.reddit.com/user/photomatt/ https://www.reddit.com/user/photomatt/ Why not ask for donations to the WordPress Foundation or donate infrastructure/mirrors if that were the actual point of contention...