In reply to Matt.

Hi Matt -

First, thanks for responding. I truly appreciate your hands-on approach to the WordPress community.

Second, I totally understand mixing BruteProtect into Jetpack. I can see the logic, even if I think there's a better alternative. Admittedly, I don't have the experience you've had running a company at the scale of Automattic, and may be missing aspects of your long-term vision.

Perhaps a good compromise (not that you need to—it's your money!) would be to commit to offering a BruteProtect API, similar to the Akismet API. That way, third parties could offer a BruteProtect-powered experience outside of Jetpack, much like Akismet can offer. (In fact, I've been able to use Akismet in projects completely unconnected to WordPress because of this API capabilities.)

Anywho, thanks for taking the time to read the comments here. Independent of other issues and disagreements, a leader like yourself is the reason the WordPress community (and, as a result, my business and livelihood) can flourish.

Cheers!