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I used to have some open source tools that were suitable for enterprise use. After I got flooded with entitled emails from people requiring me to help them, I d

I used to have some open source tools that were suitable for enterprise use. After I got flooded with entitled emails from people requiring me to help them, I decided to just remove the open source tools instead. I feel like we need to have a better word for "source available but don't bother me" projects. "Open source" nowadays can also mean the foundation for Amazon's next paid service ...

stavros 2y ago
"I gave the baby a bath but then I had to throw away the bathwater, so I threw the baby away too". It's perfectly possible, and very easy, to open-source some code and then never respond to any messages about it. Why do you feel that publishing the source comes with a responsibility to maintain it?