Am I the only one who sees the 500 lb gorilla in the room...
"Who is paying the bills / owns WordPress.org?"

Someone is being paid a salary for engineering support of servers, daily task management, book keeping, etc. Whomever's name appears on the top of that check effectively owns WordPress.org, its infrastructure, its scripts and the option to turn the infrastructure off, or sell it as they wish.

WordPress is a trademark of Automattic Inc.
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:18p6k0.2.5

This is an honest question. It's something that remains unclear to me, and given that so much of my sweat and tears goes into supporting WordPress, I'd like to know who may be responsible for either pulling-the-switch or selling the operation (to a potentially less altruistic buyer) in future.