[sokoloff]

In this allegory, did AWS take all the apples in the crate while paying them $1 for every apple, thus becoming the bad guy?

[stavros]

No. It took the entire crate and paid nothing.

[sokoloff]

I think there's a massive difference between "paying what was required by the offer" and "paying less than was required by the offer" and only one of them makes you a thief.

[stavros]

I think there's a massive difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, and saying "but the letter of the law didn't say I couldn't!" doesn't make you any less of a thief.

[Chris2048]

> "but the letter of the law didn't say I couldn't!" doesn't make you any less of a thief.

Yes it does. And it's moot because the apples were offered for free, no restriction on usage.

[cthalupa]

Most of the companies behind Valkey were writing significant code for Redis. It was certainly not a case of them paying nothing.

Valkey has some of the (formerly) most prolific Redis contributors for the era in which it was forked.