>Open-source isn’t just about the license. It’s about the community. It’s about giving back, not just taking

my friends and I grew up with open source, and it was never about community to us, it was about having source doing what we want with it, and if we felt like giving back maybe we did maybe we didnt. We had no expectation(outside of license) from that open source beyond the code we got, and had no expectations(beyond license) from anyone using our open source code.

> Since when did “not illegal” become the bar we’re aiming for in the tech industry?

That ship sailed years ago. Uber et al were “should not be illegal”.

what should the bar be? how many "moral codes" does one need to appease just to use some software especially when that software's license allowed it

I don’t know why you think I was whole heartedly agreeing with the article?