As far as I can see this Matt was pushed pretty bad by Chris since 2009 and he just pushed back. Hard I admit, but how do you stop someone who simply does not want to stop pushing? If this was a street fight and everyone commenting here would see Chris pushing Matt on the street and than Matt blowing back, we all would say "great job Matt".

Chris you did not invent anything and there is nothing you should patent or own TM on when it comes to themes or WP. You built your biz on top of WP and on the back of GPL. The second your code starts communicating with WP it should be GPL. I mean you are trying to patent a color picker. What else should be said about they way you see "patents".

Come up with a smart algo that does something without relying on GPL than we will all applaud to you. But using derivatives from GPL, BSD and all other licenses and langs that are there to help your biz grow, in order to "patent" the way those same langs communicate with each other is simply wrong.

Who does not like GPL, he/she should make own CMS. I am WP and Joomla dev and I have survived the templates war in Joomla with GPL. When we GPL licensed all our products nothing has changed. Customers kept on coming, the team and I provided support and new products.

GPL does not hurt your biz, it makes it easier for you. Keeping your supporters is what Chris and Matt should concentrate on. This is hurting both of you and it is splitting the community.