The years go by and the beggar attitude of open source users gets more and more tiring.
> When you submit a PR to a business’s intellectual property, it’s still theirs.
Nope, contributions do not "belong" to the receiving project unless explicitly agreed so. They were created under a license, and are (usually) reciprocally licensed to the project. The owner is and always was the contributor.
To call someone a beggar for asking for their code back is beyond belief.
Expecting your volunteer contributions to not get paywalled is not a beggar attitude…
Gitea specifically has a track record of taking advantage of the good will of open source contributors, which is why the forgejo fork exists.