Weird measure, but okay. Nearly two-decades-long Linux contributor here. I don't know where that lands RE: percentile or relevance. You decide, clearly.

The license is what matters. Like, 'material' if you want to get technical terms out

It seems like Matt has leeched from the free work provided by thousands of people to enrich himself to the tune of several hundred million dollars...

Silver Lake might be bad, but if so Matt is worse. Just this week he kicked a bunch of long-standing WordPress contributors out for having the nerve to question his insanity.

And maybe Matt shouldn't have sold Automattic's stake in WPEngine to ... checks notes ... Silver Lake.

No. He's acted like a petulant child.

Doing good doesn't justify doing bad, and judging bad behavior doesn't require the judge to be a saint.

> I am surprised so many people here are against Matt

Perhaps that is a clue that he's in the wrong, and a hint to understand why.