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True, but in this case we can simply judge based on the actions taken.

The claims (trademark violation, no contributing anything back) seem pretty sensible and borne out in practice.

WordPress is an open source project stewarded by a foundation that set rules for its use. If you don't follow them there are consequences. As simple as that, really.

These rules (paying a license or contributing back) seem sensible too.

Normalizing people leeching off the work of other doesn't seem like a good approach.

Some people might disagree with the philosophy — perfectly fine! They can write their own blog engine and release it in a permissive open-source license and make copyrights freely available to anyone. This is a blog engine, not exactly antitrust material.