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by jiofih 1834 days ago
That’s not really the spirit of open source. Sharing, not charity.

This is about taking something that already existed and repurposing it for a commercial venture.

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I’ve done a lot of open source and don’t get where you’re going.

What was repurposed exactly? Blocks? A deprecated service that nobody volunteered to take over, despite messages asking for that?

Something else?

Was it free before? Is it still free?

I was answering to “you should be happy you’re getting anything at all”. That’s not a healthy perspective for anyone.
Okay. You misquoted me but that’s alright. If you’ll address the actual point:

What was repurposed? Was it free before? Is it free now?