Carl, you seem to have done well with WordPress. I find it quite surprising that you would bite the hand that feeds you.

If Matt M wants people to switch to a better theme that is properly GPL, then so be it! He can't MAKE them switch. People still have to DECIDE on their own. He can only INFLUENCE them.

Do YOU do everything someone else suggests that YOU do?

Sounds more like a case of your sour grapes not turning into wine.