[nkuttler]

> in the hands of someone who openly says they aren't going to use it

Closing it IS using it, in a very public and visible way. They just don't like HOW it is used by the people who built it.

[slaymaker1907]

If you want to change the license for FOSS software like the Linux kernel, you need to get approval from _every_ contributor. To me, this means for a sub to shutdown as they have they would need permission from _every_ subscriber.

[nkuttler]

I can take your GPL code and never show it to anyone any more, that doesn't violate the license. I also don't have to publish GPL code indefinitely simply because I showed it to you once. Terrible analogy.

[satvikpendem]

For them, making it private and not allowing users to use it are equivalent. I can't blame them either.