> for employees who would be directed by WordPress.org

And as a reminder, WordPress.org is just Matt Mullenweg. It’s not even the WordPress Foundation, which is headed by him. WordPress.org is literally just him.

> > Do you really individually own http://WordPress.org?

> > Not Automattic? Not a different LLC or something? No employees? No board of directors?

> > Just you?

> Just me.

— https://x.com/grigs/status/1840958978043605361

So when Automattic offered WP Engine a term sheet that demanded that they put 8% of their gross monthly revenue towards employees “directed by WordPress.org”, what it’s actually demanding is that WP Engine pay the salaries of developers who would work for the CEO of their direct competitor.

Not to mention the fact that salaries are not the only cost incurred when employing somebody, so greater than 8% of their gross monthly revenue would be spent on Mullenweg’s flying monkeys.