Since he's been acquired in the past, he could also make it into a SAAS play. He has the connections, skill and experience.
Otherwise, he can just walk away like everyone else. Maliciously changing code to break people's stuff is uncalled for. If he wanted to charge people from the start, then maybe he shouldn't have used the MIT license for his code? If you want more restrictions on usage, choose a more restrictive license.
On a related note, the developer in question is not well mentally which helps rationalize what he did
"A team of NYPD investigators and FBI agents found potassium nitrate, which is used in fertilizer, metal containers, fuses and other bomb-making materials in the crate, along with printed bomb-making and survivalist materials and a book on how to make a bomb scattered throughout the home, the source said."
“'The chemicals separately are what they are, but taken together they can assemble an explosive device,' NYPD Dep. Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, John Miller, said. 'There were books about military explosives, booby traps and other things.'"
https://sugarclub.sugarcrm.com/engage/b/sugar-news/posts/sug...
Since he's been acquired in the past, he could also make it into a SAAS play. He has the connections, skill and experience.
Otherwise, he can just walk away like everyone else. Maliciously changing code to break people's stuff is uncalled for. If he wanted to charge people from the start, then maybe he shouldn't have used the MIT license for his code? If you want more restrictions on usage, choose a more restrictive license.
On a related note, the developer in question is not well mentally which helps rationalize what he did
https://www.qgazette.com/articles/more-charges-possible-for-...
"A team of NYPD investigators and FBI agents found potassium nitrate, which is used in fertilizer, metal containers, fuses and other bomb-making materials in the crate, along with printed bomb-making and survivalist materials and a book on how to make a bomb scattered throughout the home, the source said."
“'The chemicals separately are what they are, but taken together they can assemble an explosive device,' NYPD Dep. Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, John Miller, said. 'There were books about military explosives, booby traps and other things.'"