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Note that Retool already has a $500/mo donation to faker.js via Open Collective.

• slver 5y ago
  Getting paid and complaining you work for free is even more weird.
• idiot900 5y ago
  This is a rounding error amount of money in the US tech world. The real question is, does Retool’s usage fall within the terms of service?
  • oh_sigh 5y ago
    Retool operates within their own budget, not with the budget of the US tech world. How many other OSS libraries are they using? If Retool should get 10x that amount, how much should they be paying out to every other library author that published an open source/free-as-in-freedom library?
    • slver 5y ago
      I'm sure Retool can afford to pay for their use of Faker, but this divide between "the poor individual" and "the rich with infinite money" that has become culturally accepted in society is pulling us farther and farther away from truth. Can't blame Retool for deciding $500 is adequate, when the author's advertised price for Faker is $0. It's like something out of Curb Your Enthusiasm: "I don't want money" means "I want money". And "anything helps" means "actually anything below UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT is insulting". Like, how the F do you deal with such people? It's just bait and switch blackmail.
  • slver 5y ago
    It’s debatable whether generating links that point to your cdn is you using a service. It’s definitely not desirable, but also they’re just links. This is probably retool using faker assets for testing and forgetting this in production.