[flutas]

> unless you really meant a “donation” from the foundation to the company

Yeah, that's what I meant.

Essentially laundering money through the 501c3 to try and negate taxes. In this case actual money never changed hands, but what is the financial value of cutting off your competitor from the theme/plugin repo?...

Not an insignificant amount.

[kgwgk]

Ah, I misunderstood your "wonder if it crosses any legal boundaries" as "it seems it doesn't" rather than "it seems it does". I completely agree.