[knotbin]

Yes. Ryan Dahl has openly said this. It isn't a "gotcha" nor is it something they're hiding. Tweet from Ryan Dahl:

> I can justify spending money on it because it does get Deno's name out there - blog posts posted to http://deno.com, etc - but without support it's pretty likely our legal bills will dwarf whatever that marketing is worth

[BoredPositron]

The gotcha is them forcing the communities hand here without working with said community. It's despicable business practice and them admitting that it's mainly for show is even worse.