I genuinely hope @photomatt is doing okay. He may have always been this person and I am sure I may have even been in denial in past episodes. However, all his actions suggest someone who is lashing out misreading the environment as totally stacked against him. I hope he has friends pointing out the destruction he’s unleashed: destruction to himself, Automattic, the wordpress community and open source software.
The entire saga started on a flawed premise and his misunderstanding of open source licenses even if you might agree with his moral point around open source contribution. Even if you agree with him, I would argue that the solution was not the escalatory ramp that Matt pursued.
At this point it is about Matt and his mental health and a question if his continued scorched-earth campaign against WP Engine is worth the harm to Automattic (which is about more people than just Matt) and Wordpress community, which is far greater than Matt. I suspect the community is questioning like I am if Matt’s okay and sincerely hope that he has close friends and family asking him to walk off the current metaphorical ledge he’s on.