GitHub has reportedly suspended the developer's account.
Microsoft: You're fired! (revokes all "free" services)
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2022
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BTW: I can recommend watching: The Internet's Own Boy The Story of Aaron Schwartz
I genuinely feel bad for the guy. Got screwed over by corporations freeloading off his work with no chance of ever holding his own against them.
While I don't condone what he did, I completely understand his frustration and why he acted out like this.
Honestly, good for him. Yeah, I'm sure it was an inconvenience for a lot of people that didn't necessarily do anything wrong, but it's funny how it's an open source "community" when people are profiting off your free labor without even thinking about where libraries came from, but when you need some support and withdraw that gift you're the enemy.
If you don't like it when "people are profiting off your free labor without even thinking about where libraries came from", don't use free licences....
Sure, but just because you've open-sourced something at some point, doesn't mean you have to maintain it for free forever. If we require that level of commitment, no one is ever going to open-source anything.