[sastraxi]

One of the things I liked about this submission was its tone: the lack of vindictiveness.

We are quickly made aware that we are reading an article made by the author of faker.js. The facts are laid out, mostly without embellishment. Though we understand the author is biased, they leave it to the reader to form their own conclusion. Overall, I appreciated how I was treated as a reader while reading this piece.

As for the matter at hand: despite the MIT license's permissive attitude in this case, it just speaks to the company being complicit somehow in... I don't know what to call it? Shady-ness? I hope you find a worthwhile resolution.

[betwixthewires]

I see clear vindictiveness laid out in the facts, or at least passive aggressiveness stemming from fear of conflict.

Note that in the initial email spurned on by the actions of the company, the concern with them using the paid service to generate a free service is not mentioned at all. Just a sales pitch for a product. He is lucky he even got a response.

A proper email would have directly addressed the concern the author actually had. But he didn't do that. He didn't say "you guys are using my service to provide it to others for free" he said "hey I see you guys use my product, want to buy it?" And then when they didn't he wrote an article about how they're basically stealing from him.