I agree with your points. Maybe a better word for a "leech" would be a "freeloader?" I agree that if projects such as curl wanted payments, they would use diff

I agree with your points. Maybe a better word for a "leech" would be a "freeloader?" I agree that if projects such as curl wanted payments, they would use different licenses. However, to me at least, it feels wrong when successful companies, e.g., BAT FAANG, use free software without giving anything back.