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It's surprising to me how many people here seem offended that someone might just not want their code.

I guess it takes quite a lot of experience as a maintainer to realize that 'free' in 'free code contributions by strangers' is like 'free' in 'free puppy'.

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What made open source great, is the fact that if you find a problem, you can patch it. It's what motivated me, anyway. Ladybird is not SQLite, it's under development and very likely will be forever. To me it looks like they are transitioning into a company, where this model makes sense.

> What made open source great, is the fact that if you find a problem, you can patch it. It's what motivated me, anyway.

What exactly is different now?

> it's under development and very likely will be forever.

So is Sqlite. Last time I checked they are still actively developing Sqlite.

Do you mean you can't just grab a current release and hold on to that? Well it's pre-alpha... That's the point...

Sometimes it’s even more like “free kudzu”.

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