For nearly all open source projects, we are free riders. We use them and don’t contribute anything back. Open source is not about fair exchange; it’s about gift-giving and copying other people’s homework.
If you choose to give gifts to the world, that’s great, but you should go into it with your eyes open and not expect anything back. The world includes a lot of terrible people and you’re giving them gifts too. It’s okay to change your mind.
Calling it a “rug pull” when a software vendor relicenses seems like biased language. We still have all the gifts they gave us. It’s unfortunate that they changed direction, but nothing lasts forever.
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