matt's actions which precipitated the row were to demand that WPEngine pay 8% of their revenue to Automattic, a private-equity-associated, for-profit corporatio

matt's actions which precipitated the row were to demand that WPEngine pay 8% of their revenue to Automattic, a private-equity-associated, for-profit corporation matt runs. Money, more and more money for matt, seems to be the matt's driving motivation here. He seems to be projecting his own greed onto others.