that's my understansing as well. I'm not judging the author here, but on one hand I understand the frustration, on the other hand the package probably owes its

that's my understansing as well. I'm not judging the author here, but on one hand I understand the frustration, on the other hand the package probably owes its popularity in part to its very permissive license. Anyway, a fork maintained by the companies that use the package would still be a better outcome than keep working for them for free (or remove the package entirely).