[avgcorrection]

This is what can happen when you design and implement things in the open. And it’s completely fair for it to happen as long as the design is open source. (Can it even be closed source…?)

But the author responded by temporarily closing it to the public. Which is also OK. He clearly didn’t want to deal with the consequences of openness.

[IshKebab]

I don't think you can say "completely fair" just because it's legal. Fairness invokes morality which is often something stricter than the law.

[avgcorrection]

Yes. I guess I am talking about moral fairness as well.

When you design something in the open then it is... out in the open. That’s the default in our software culture.