[csa]

> Sadly, instead of supporting open source with $5 million, they each will spend 10 million on lawyers.

I think both sides more or less see this as a case of standing up against a bully — they may lose out in the short run (in terms of money), but they think that they will discourage future bullying by fighting back.

I’m not sure if either side is right, but that’s why they both drew a line in the sand, imho.

[dmix]

Ignoring the executive drama (on both sides) it is in bad taste to build WPEngine off an Open Source project and barely contribute back to it.

It's probably a case where their version is so heavily customized they don't spend much time on the fundamentals. But still. I wonder if that had a petty rationale as well. Relationships are important in business.

[initplus]

Harder to justify contributing back when the open source project is so tightly coupled to your biggest for profit competitor.