> These companies stole your, free, hard work and charge you a subscription!!
In case you weren't aware, Anthropic, OpenAI and GitHub Copilot all have programs that provide access to open source maintainers for free:
GitHub: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github...
Anthropic: https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss
OpenAI: https://developers.openai.com/community/codex-for-oss
Was there comprehensive survey amongst maintainers that its fair price for decades of hard work?