In reply to Kalen Johnson (@Kalenjohnson).

Not really hard at all to distribute things together. I'll happily publish a Grunt task (I'll even publish it using GPL) that will install your code and install WP via WP-CLI. Its not so much as complex as vanishingly trivial.

But that's my whole point. The REST-API makes creating MyBetterClosedPress using all the WP code, without acknowledging WP at all, and completely ignoring Matt's opinion about GPL.