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The software creator is disappointed that their freely available, no-warranty software has not pleased users. They have initiated a full refund for those unsatisfied with the product. The creator has decided not to change the project's license from AGPLv3-or-later to MIT. They express regret that users' ability to use their package in their products is impacted.

The creator discourages taking back stars and appreciates a useful feature mentioned in a pull request. They read the entire 3700 words of the PR description and noticed that the commits were co-authored by Claude, but believe Claude was not given enough credit. The creator turned off pull requests for everyone except the approved list of contributors, which only includes them and their friend Kyla.

They acknowledge that other projects have implemented similar features and encourage users to use those projects instead. The creator supports Plan 9, as inspired by a birthday gift from Kyla. They mention that other projects have significantly more stars than theirs, and their project is on Codeberg, which values stars more than GitHub.

The creator is not interested in money and instead focuses on the love of software and computing. They have applied for a grant with an EU-based foundation but were rejected. Despite this setback, the creator remains committed to open-source principles and welcomes funding from EU residents interested in contributing to their project.

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