> When you make something, and publish it with the intent that it is used by others, then you can't turn around and decide that any/all criticism is unfair. He

> When you make something, and publish it with the intent that it is used by others, then you can't turn around and decide that any/all criticism is unfair. He doesn't say that, I don't say that, he says that it doesn't fit with his vision. > Take the Linux kernel for example. If Linus Torvalds decides to abandon all support for architectures other than MIPS in the Linux kernel, would you not consider it fair game to criticize his stewardship of the Linux kernel? Or is all criticism silenced by, "well, it's my project so I can do whatever I want to do?" Non sequitur. He didn't remove nothing, he created a syntax, he said that he is more attached to it than to its eventual ambiguities and therefore consider his job done. That's not bad stewardship it's simply having an opinion, a vision. And I repeat if people disagree they fork and use their own name as long it doesn't bother Gruber. And to keep your example of Linus Torvalds, you can check, he owns the name Linux because it originally was his project so he might enforce his rights as he sees fit.