Of course I’m an involved party: every Wordpress developer and user is an involved party.

Matt has (in Slack) advised everybody to obtain their own legal council before they sign in to Wordpress’s support forums/plugin index/issue tracker/community resources again. (Many long-time contributors who cannot afford to hire a lawyer to deal with Matt’s whims have unfortunately decided this means they can no longer contribute.) Matt’s explicit stated (in Slack) intent is to require everybody to be involved in the conflict and choose sides. I’m sure not on Matt’s side, so I guess that means I’m on WP Engine’s, despite their mediocre service and contributions.

But no, I won’t use my own account. Matt seems rather vindictive and I wouldn’t want to risk my employer being subject to that.

While i generally agree with what you’re saying, in this specific case i’d like to side with gp: given the current behaviour by automattic and Matt from wordpress i wouldn’t be surprised by retaliation against a specific individual for speaking their mind.

So it makes sense to allow for anonymous dissent (as long as it stays civil)

As a passive bystander, I was amused by all this drama. However, after reading "Fallout" thread on reddit, I realized it's not amusing at all to a lot people. Some lost contracts, some are very worried about their business, jobs and entire careers.

That's all doing of one man. He deserved all the trash talk he gets.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1g0ycb1/the_fall...