[rsync]

"I expect more of companies and people than their minimum legal obligations."

That's weird ... what do you expect from, say, hammers and blenders ?

I expect people to do nice things and be kind and think of my interests. Simple tools, on the other hand (like screwdrivers and shovels and LLCs and Corporations and family trusts) should just do exactly what they are designed to do - and nothing more.

[FakeComments]

It’s strange to me you excuse groups of people from having the same obligations as a lone person.

[manigandham]

They're not obligations, they're just subjectives wishes. If you want to make it a requirement then that's what the license is for.

[paulryanrogers]

Fair point. Still, even corporate entities are made up of flesh-and-blood humans. So if those humans benefit substantially more than the original creators of a work then it's reasonable to expect those founders to change their license or stop contributing.

So it's possible that well-funded consumer/producers like Amazon may at times crush, overtake, or otherwise discourage some of the unpaid labor that they benefit from.

(Not trying to make a moral argument. Personally I'm a bit conflicted on consuming and producing FOSS.)