It's not audacity to use a piece of software in the way it was made available on the terms under which it was made available. What is audacious is simply rugging everyone that took you at your word.
[edit] To be honest you're not even advocating for a coherent model of open source software. Should everybody consuming every library fork it in case the author throws a tantrum? That hardly seems workable. The author didn't just stomp on big company sandcastles, the author knocked over everyone's. Every pet project, every startup getting off the ground.
For what? Sellers remorse. Author wrote something and gave it away, then regretted giving it away. Sorry.
> Should everybody consuming every library fork it in case the author throws a tantrum?
Yes you should always fork open source projects critical to your project that are not mirrored somewhere safe, you never know when they may be inadvertently deleted, that's just common sense.
For dependencies, simply pin your versions and put library upgrades through a code review, that way no unknown code enters your system. Or just wait a couple days after a new release, the shit will hit the fan from all the incompetents.
> That hardly seems workable
Right, no one wants to do the work.
> For what? Sellers remorse. Author wrote something and gave it away, then regretted giving it away. Sorry.
For what? Buyers remorse. You blindly pulled code without looking at it, then regretted pulling it. Sorry.
> For dependencies, simply pin your versions and put library upgrades through a code review, that way no unknown code enters your system.
These are all solid recommendations but don't excuse shit behavior on behalf of certain poor participants in the ecosystem. Which it seems you're super eager to do for some reason.
> Right, no one wants to do the work.
I mean so far it looks like one guy lol.
> For what? Buyers remorse. You blindly pulled code without looking at it, then regretted pulling it. Sorry.
We're talking about this guy's motivations not that of the consumers.
[edit] To be honest you're not even advocating for a coherent model of open source software. Should everybody consuming every library fork it in case the author throws a tantrum? That hardly seems workable. The author didn't just stomp on big company sandcastles, the author knocked over everyone's. Every pet project, every startup getting off the ground.
For what? Sellers remorse. Author wrote something and gave it away, then regretted giving it away. Sorry.