Entitled Open-Source Users!

by Aug 10, 2023

Entitled Open-Source Users!

Yesterday, I touched on Moq…

It had included a ‘SponsorLink’, causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. πŸ“§

Its purpose? Simple… to check if you’ve sponsored Moq. If not, consider a warning message in your build. 🚨

Now, don’t get me wrong – asking for sponsorship isn’t bad, but this may not be the route I would take. Regardless, kudos to the developer, kzu, for trying something new. 🎯

Fear not, it’s already removed in patch v4.20.2. πŸ‘

Then, I shifted through the comments…

Wow, what a wave of entitlement! Some folks, full of complaints, claiming lost trust and demanding fixes… all directed at kzu, who’s put his spare time and family sacrifices into this free-to-use library! πŸ–₯️

The sad part? None of the folks sponsored Moq. None ask their company for some sponsership. Instead, a surplus of demands. πŸ˜”

12 years and not a SINGLE sponsorship or donation for Moq? πŸ“† None, except from Amazon (AWS) once! Far too many enterprise companies, Microsoft included, utilize Moq without contributing.

Something is wrong… and it needs to be fixed in the dotnet open-source landscape. πŸ˜₯

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