I think a significant portion of the hate could have been avoided if mholt made it clear in "The High-Order Bits" section of the original blog post that Caddy i

I think a significant portion of the hate could have been avoided if mholt made it clear in "The High-Order Bits" section of the original blog post that Caddy is still free to use for commercial purposes if you build from source and also explain that it's possible to remove the response headers. That lack of clarity can be explained by the need to push businesses to pay for a license. This move is often perceived as a dark pattern among hackers who hate it with a passion, as evident in the previous post's HN comments. Having said that, what was particularly disturbing was the amount of hate towards the Caddy team. It's best to explain why think a certain change was "bad"/not in the your best interest and maybe offer suggestions on how to balance the need to build a business without alienating the community that supported the project in the early days. Outright vitriol is not a productive way to further your cause. I guess building a business out of FOSS is as hard as ever.