@donnacha | WordSkill -
So, someone who was in no way infringing upon WordPress copyright apart from when they were?
The scolding started way before the code inclusion was discovered. And there are others doing the same as Chris but without the code copying. Are they next?

WordPress is built upon a principle of sharing and giving back.
Eh no. 4 people contributed more than 50% of the patches for WP 3.0.

The GPL, designed to fight the parasitic coders who want to take and not give back, is a perfect example of that.
No its not.

he has performed a great service to all of us who rely upon the continued health and evolution of WordPress.
No he hasn't. He has released a bottle of vile and fearmongering. The behavior exhibit by the WP community these past weeks is despicable. Whos the next target? The very popular plugins that are not GPL and have no reason to be?