[mckravchyk]

I don't think it's that at all. The motive is quite clear. It's right there in the article:

> We’re excited to return to active contributions to WordPress core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openverse, and WordPress.org *when the legal attacks have stopped*.

This is a move to show how much the development of WordPress depends on Automattic (some 4k hours per week) and how WP Engine is using the product of that effort without giving much back (45 hours per week) - "A Level Playing Field". It all started from this and it sends a message "don't take it for granted".

https://web.archive.org/web/20240927025102/https://wordpress...

https://wordpress.org/five-for-the-future/pledges/?order=hou...