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I’m a firm believer in open source and have decades of experience with it as an active community member.

There are two sides to this coin and tension in between.

On the one side license change rug pulls are annoying and deserve negative consequences.

On the other side, open source users are often far too entitled and demanding, contributing little and taking much.

At the end of the day the license terms are clear and users would do well to expect no more than the license says they’re entitled to expect.

Maybe then everyone can start being pleasantly surprised by each other’s behavior instead of both sides being disappointed by the other.





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