> But access to the autoupdates infrastructure isn't part of that deal.
If wp-engine want to change customers for access to that it's not unreasonable to expect a contribution.
If they went about it in a fair and equal manner, sure. So far the public evidence looks like the access denial is retalitory or perhaps even an attempt at extortion over the larger dispute.
The api may not be part of tje GPL, but it still seems like they offered it freely and encouraged people to use it with no expectation of anything in return. Encouraging someone to use X, then getting mad at them over something unrelated, and abruptly cutting off X with no public notice is pretty unprofessional. Given their corporate structure, maybe even illegal.
If they went about it in a fair and equal manner, sure. So far the public evidence looks like the access denial is retalitory or perhaps even an attempt at extortion over the larger dispute.
The api may not be part of tje GPL, but it still seems like they offered it freely and encouraged people to use it with no expectation of anything in return. Encouraging someone to use X, then getting mad at them over something unrelated, and abruptly cutting off X with no public notice is pretty unprofessional. Given their corporate structure, maybe even illegal.