There was a discussion about this on the OpenBSD misc mailing archives back in 2012:
<a href="http://marc.info/?t=133961305400003&r=1&w=2" rel="nofollow">http://marc.info/?t=133961305400003&r=1&w=2</a><p>Theo's initial response to the thread, which may help illuminate the situation, was:<p>"Except for the fact that it is bullshit.<p>They started the fork because they got kicked out because one
developer (Marco) hired 5 other developers for his startup company,
and attempted to hire around 10 other developers in a sneaky and
underhanded way. They were told, oh i forget they were "asked", to
not tell anyone else in OpenBSD that this was happening, probably
because people "including Theo" would be upset.<p>Funny thing is, I've never been upset about the 20+ OpenBSD and
ex-OpenBSD developers who now work for google.<p>Previously, many of those developers were in critical positions in the
development team. As they were suddenly hired with such terms and
conditions, they became more scarce in OpenBSD -- perhaps because they
suddenly got real busy with work, but also to avoid telling others
that this was happening. Various projects lagged. To avoid telling a
lie, they instead chose to not tell the truth. It had effects. It
was dishonest of them to not tell their co-developers that they were
creating vacuums in the development process.<p>So because of those decisions, they are now gone from OpenBSD. And
now they miss it. So now, all these guys who work for the same
company have started a fork. And it is directed by the guy who hired
them in the first place.<p>From where I stand, that is the truth.<p>Yet none of that is in that article, because the truth hurts,
doesn't it guys?"