None of your comments make any sense: "the Maintainer runs a business and makes a lot of money and he should give that up" - literally nobody is saying that. They author obviously knows he would stay as CEO of Automattic, so he is arguing to give up leadership of the foundation.
From the article: "it’s time for Matt to resign from either the WordPress Foundation or Automattic."
Can I gently suggest to you that posting under a throwaway leads you to post - and downvote - in a way you wouldn't normally, that is not helpful for the discussion?
None of your comments make any sense: "the Maintainer runs a business and makes a lot of money and he should give that up" - literally nobody is saying that. They author obviously knows he would stay as CEO of Automattic, so he is arguing to give up leadership of the foundation.