[outsomnia]

So it turned out, there was an option 3, where random internet guy was ignored and the maintainer both made money from his work, and continued with the public good of donating work to his GPL'd project.

WP Engine is truly upset with the money they were able to make from WP being in good shape for free the last 15 years? According to the maintainer it's hundreds of millions of dollars. Before Mullenweg complaining about their not chipping in, they seemed very happy to go on.