No requirement doesn't mean "don't be a mensch"
replyYeah but like, we don't know if OP is making any money off this, let alone significant money. Let's not instantly hold them to the same "please contribute or you're dragging things down" standard as a zillion dollar corporation.
replyYou believe you know better than the authors themselves about how they ought to be treated?
replyThey chose -- explicitly, voluntarily, knowingly -- to give the thing away for free. That's their right for their own creation. Your preferences don't supersede theirs.
You've emphasized this point more than once, but I don't think it's a good counterargument to the GP. It is equally valid to say that they have explicitly (voluntarily, knowlingly) chosen to accept donations for their work.
replyBy profiting off their work and not supporting them you are making your own choice. It says nothing about the authors' preference.
I don't know what a mensch is but if they wanted to be compensated for their software they should not have released it as Free Software.
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