Is there a nice balanced review of exactly what is happening with #Automattic vs #WPEngine? What I'm understanding so far is:

- Automattic / #MattWullenweg want WP Engine to pay moneys and/or contribute to the project rather than purely profiting on it.
- WP Engine don't want to do so.
- Automattic have now blocked WP Engine's access to WP.org servers?

While it is not ideal and grifty that WP Engine don't contribute to the project, it's not compulsory to do so. (1/2)

Similarly, blocking WP Engine from WP.org servers is petty af but most likely also a completely legal move.

It also completely undermines the security of a ubiquitous web product (WP itself) that already has a bad reputation. I think there's a high risk that this strategy will backfire badly on Automattic.

(2/2)

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@DoubleAA sounds like a whole lot of dick measuring to me tbh.