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1. Release some code under a permissive license

2. Start complaining when companies exercise precisely the rights you have given them

>>Wesoly+(OP)
You’re putting words in the author’s mouth, because that doesn’t seem like the problem.

The problem was “the slow and dreadful communication speed” and “the total radio silence at the end”, and:

> [T]he […] announcement. AppGet, which is objectively where most ideas for WinGet came from, was only mentioned as another package manager that just happened to exist; While other package managers that WinGet shares very little with were mentioned and explained much more deliberately.

>>Wesoly+(OP)
The fact that you’re allowed to do something doesn’t mean you’re not a dick for doing so. Nor does it mean you can’t be called out for being a dick.

>>Wesoly+(OP)
The only complaint I see is the lack of attribution, which is something that is pretty mandatory for open source projects. He's very clear about the situation and that he didn't expect more than he got except for attribution. Did you even read the article?