[fsflover]

> And my experience with releasing useful tools as open source was that companies started linking to them in tutorials, and then their customers sent me unfriendly email and demanded that I provide support for the tool and solve their problems (for free).

Which license did these tools have? AGPLv3 scares away most of the companies, especially stupid ones like those you described.

[withinboredom]

AGPL is the best license if you want to keep away stupid people. Our CTO spouted off that if we so much use anything with that license our valuation would plummet. People literally don’t understand the license and what it actually says. It’s hilarious.