In reply to Matt.

@Matt, a long time ago- in Dayton Ohio, I made a symbolic protest and got arrested. I won in all the courts- but, people still remember the symbolic protest- and not the reason I did what I did- even though I was right- and acting in their best interests.
There are some battles you win- but still lose the war.
WordPress is amazing. It's a tool that is democratizing the web. It enables and empowers the little guy to be heard- to have a voice.
You've now wasted ungodly time over a stupid purchase of Thesis.com and a lot of money. For $180K you can buy the top level domain .thesis for heavens sake.
The value in this domain is only to stick it to Chris Pearson- who may be all kinds of things- but- he's receiving the PR of Donald Trump right now- on your dime. More people are hearing about Thesis because of your actions.
As a PR Professional- I'd highly recommend- sell Chris the domain for what he claims he was willing to pay for it- $37K- and extract a few pounds of flesh.
Take that money - and donate it to www.civicrm.org so they can build a better tool for organizing non-profits and political campaigns.
And admit it- you made a stupid, little kid mistake. In the long run- you'll come out ahead. No one wants you to look like a petulant child. Remember, the board of Apple fired Steve Jobs- it can happen to you.
You've got much more important things to attend to-
Even though you disagree over licensing- I'd suggest hiring Chris- and give him a challenge to prove he has better ideas for WP- and put him to work to give you a visual editor that makes squarespace, wix, weebly etc- look like the crayons they are- compared to your masterpiece.
Money isn't an issue for either of you anymore- although we're all pretty sure your bank account has a few commas more than Chris's' does.
I'm happy to provide either mediation services- or PR advice gratis- if you both can move on.