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But nor does the WordPress foundation need to allow WP Engine, or any user, access to the plugin library.

Chromium is Open Source, but Google is not required to allow Add On store access (even if they tolerate it from chromium forks).

Requiring they pay the for-profit company to access non-profit resources seems problematic.

As far as I could tell, they weren't denied use of the code, just a bunch of other services that are not covered by the GPLv2.

GPLv2 licenses the Wordpress code, not trademarks or the right to use Automattic's APIs.

Before this week, I didn't realise that the WordPress.org servers and plugin repositories fell under Automattic, and not WordPress Foundation.

Some clarity would be nice.