> A WordPress fork is also something Automattic fears, as it was oddly mentioned in a term sheet... Matt has explained that that language was actually addressi

> A WordPress fork is also something Automattic fears, as it was oddly mentioned in a term sheet... Matt has explained that that language was actually addressing allegations that WP Engine forked the WooCommerce Stripe extension and replacing attribution. For whatever Matt's explanations are worth these days. The language of the term sheet certainly could have been read as preventing them from forking WordPress as well, so it's possible that was an ulterior motive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726622