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Hi mthoms. The question you asked is: "how can The Foundation grant wordpress.org a license if the licence granted to Automattic is exclusive? Wordpress.org as you know, is not a n…

Sorry that even attorneys can have typos.

You wrote: "In explaining how the license agreement between the foundation and Automattic happened, the post says that 'In order to effect a valid license agreement, there needs to…

Indeed, a blog post with more detail is forthcoming.

As I noted above, we are preparing a blog post with further detail about Matt's role in the community. Of course, if that doesn't provide sufficient clarity, let us know.

I believe there was a typo in the post. If you read this thread you'll see a note below from Matt yesterday that the post was corrected.

I appreciate the question and it deserves a lengthier blog post reply that I will work on and share. In the interim, some brief thoughts on the topic that may be relevant. The Word…

No, that's not what I am saying. Nice try with the leading question though.

So you interpret "is there any part of the Wordpress cluster of organizations that do not ultimately answer to Matt?" as being a YES or NO question? I interpret it as a request for…

While I love pronouns, they can lead to misunderstandings if not carefully defined. Above it was written "I'll take that as a 'no'". Could you explain what "that" refers to in your…

Despite our sometimes fervent wishes, lawyers don't control clients. We are not puppeteers.

Clearly your question is beyond the scope of the article -which means you want more than 700 words. Otherwise you could just read the article.

Hi Legitster. I will work with colleagues on a response to your question. It's a broad topic given how many facets there are to the WordPress community.

Hi, it's Neil Peretz. I was just alerted to your post. I understand there's a question you have. How can I help you?