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No legal basis. They still might have an ethical basis regarding Microsoft's behavior, because law != ethics.

If the author has ethical concerns with companies using their work there's a simple way to make that explicit and unambigious – the license. No one can read their mind otherwise.

If you consult with someone over their project, then proceed to fork it behind their back, that's just being a dick, even if it was perfectly legal. We should not accept that kind of behavior. And that's even ignoring that the consultation was unpaid and the project was actually even stolen.

> We should not accept that kind of behavior.

What exactly is this supposed to mean? We will not be asked. Only alienated teens care if strangers "accept" them.

It's not the first time I see something like this.

The flake8 (MIT license) maintainer is upset that ruff is copying his lints, for example.

I find the whole thing bizarre.

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