With everybody bashing OP here, how is he supposed to even make money ? It’s n open-source model you self-host right? So he doesnt seem to be just greedy? He might genuinely feel like stolen. I hope he doesnt take the comments personally and is able to find motivation in it.
you may reconsider OP's primary motivation based on another of their HN submissions
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674396
my hunch is that an Ai has been validating their biases
Okay I understand.. he’s up for the internet fame.