> I don't use Akka, but I feel the pain of the people who did that and now has to tear the thing out.
Did you feel their elation at being able to use Akka for free? They can, as long as they stay on the Apache versions.
> Bait and switch is never nice
I don't see any bait and switch here. If you can find Akka devs saying "we'll let you use this for free forever and we'll keep updating it for free forever" then I'll eat it, but until then, this is just how software licensing works.
Did you feel their elation at being able to use Akka for free? They can, as long as they stay on the Apache versions.
> Bait and switch is never nice
I don't see any bait and switch here. If you can find Akka devs saying "we'll let you use this for free forever and we'll keep updating it for free forever" then I'll eat it, but until then, this is just how software licensing works.