I wasn't convinced by this reply either, then I went back and read the actual email. It doesn't mention the problem at all, it's a straightforward sales pitch. Even I ignore tons of those regularly, it's kind of dishonest on the part of the developer to say "oh they caused me a problem, I emailed them and they didn't reply" without mentioning that he didn't mention the problem in the email at all!
Frankly the author of Faker seems like he went into this project with the clear intention of profit, but by releasing it for free, and then pressuring people into giving him money. It's almost predatory.
Especially since Faker.js doesn't do anything that much useful which can't be replicated in trivial time. You use it because it's available, like we all do with MIT licensed libraries.
Uh, but he followed up with you a week later and you again decided not to reply.
Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic
by austhrow743 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:01AM
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Yes, people cold emailing you to sell you things often follow up.
His explanation was that he “forgot” to reply. Just be honest then and say he put him on ignore after evaluating.
> I do try and reply to the ones that look interesting, but I do forget to follow-up sometimes if we're not interested!
Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic
by ClashTheBunny on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @07:02AM
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Chances would be that I would recognize the sender and then immediately archive the email and not even read it...
This really doesn't sound convincing at all.
(FWIW, I typically receive 50 - 100 sales emails every day. I do try and reply to the ones that look interesting, but I do forget to follow-up sometimes if we're not interested! This does not excuse my behavior in this particular case, and I’m sorry to Marak for not following up.)