My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

"Since this was our first tax reporting, we didn’t realize at first that we're supposed to declare our income. We’ve now revised it."

You are joking but that's exactly how it works as long as you are a company (and the bigger/more connected it is the better).

Don't pay your debts as a person: you quickly get hit with fees, chased by collections, etc.

Don't pay your debts as a company: sorry, it was merely a clerical error by our accounting department. Nothing to see here.

Lie and profit from it as an individual: that's called fraud and could land you in jail.

Lie and profit from it as a company: sorry, our website/documentation was out of date, our CS clerk was wrong and has since received additional training. Nothing to see here.