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When someone gives you a bunch of stuff that you are able to use for a while and then decides to retract it that's still a net positive to you.

You have no right to continue to demand he makes his work available to you.

> I really think he was out to spite everyone.

If that were the case he would have never written it in the first place.



> If that were the case he would have never written it in the first place.

Or written it with some license that stipulates it cannot be used in either closed source or any open source applications, only for 'educational' use. Worse, he could have tried to do it retroactively.

I doubt he had that intention.


>You have no right to continue to demand he makes his work available to you.

He has every right to demand it.




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