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I can't even follow what's going on here, and I used to be an expert in software licensing drama. All I see is a bunch of unilateral actions driven by Matt Mullenweg that breaks so many implicit promises of how a free software steward should behave.

Wordpress sites quite often seen to be a hodge-podge of plugins, each with their own UI and conventions, and (as a host) I'm never an expert in anye one of them. Has one of the site designers used a plugin that has offended Matt? Or that might offend him in the near future? How do I even audit for that?

I don't need much of a push to move my position on this. Before: "eh, use Wordpress if it's cheaper" Now: "please don't, that decision will probably cost me".

Theoretically WPE might be a bad actor-- perhaps even more than any commercial competitor naturally is-- but they're smart enough to not smear it around with absurd moves like this that radiate a lack of professionalism or ability to predict reactions.