Considering that HN skews Libertarian, I'm a bit surprised by the anger directed at people excercising control over projects they own.
I guess it's easier for folks here to empathize with why a level of restraints over ownership for "the common good" when it's an open source library they imagine using.
Libertarians oppose fraud. Software that deletes your files on purpose, in a context where people reasonably expect it not to delete your files on purpose, is fraud unless thete's a notice on it prominent enough to make the expectation not reasonable.
I guess it's easier for folks here to empathize with why a level of restraints over ownership for "the common good" when it's an open source library they imagine using.