In reply to Ralph S. Mouse.

I think it’s time for Matt to hand over the reigns of the WordPress Foundation and the open source project. Let him do what he will with Automattic. He is no longer acting in the best interest of WordPress as a whole.

I like this idea a lot. We would like to contribute resources (money or otherwise) to WordPress itself, but we have reached a point where we will not do so through Automattic.

It's simply not a good use of Automattic's financial resources to engage in these kinds of fights. It's also not a good look for Automattic.

Which is a shame, because some really good people work there.