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That doesn't move the needle as far as restoring the trust you've broken.

You should negotiate with WP Engine to drop their suit contingent on your resignation. Maybe they'll go for it. Resigning is the only thing that would prove you're serious about allowing your power to be checked. And perhaps the only thing that would stop you from cutting a huge settlement check (probably within weeks and not the years you've anticipated).

Do you think that's something you're capable of? Do you care more about the future of WordPress and of open source than you do about your own power and rivalries? Will you prove it to us?

To be frank I don't believe you will. I'm pretty cynical about this kind of thing. But I've been wrong before. It would take a very strong person to admit, not just publicly but to their bitter rivals, that they had lost control and damaged their own life's work.

But if that person is you - it wouldn't be much, but you'd have my admiration.

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Stark: Make peace with the Lannisters, you say? With the people who tried to murder my boy?

Baelish: We only make peace with our enemies, my lord.