Waxy definitely has the best coverage of the Wordpress link farm kerfuffle. Matt's response.

From Waxy.org: Daily Log: Wordpress Followup.:

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I talked to Matt Mullenweg last night by AIM, from a wi-fi connection in Italy. He was just starting to catch up on the story, swamped under a ton of e-mail and interview requests. He wrote something brief on his weblog, and is in the process of composing an official response for the Wordpress homepage. Update: Here it is. Please read it! It addresses many questions.

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