That retaliation allowed the users to limit the damage because they could work around it. It however did nothing that was disadvantageous to the creator and thus there was no deterrent. The parties were not aligned to cooperate.
I don’t know I’d say that guy torched a lot of future employment opportunities when when he sabotaged his repos. Also obligatory: https://xkcd.com/2347/
That retaliation allowed the users to limit the damage because they could work around it. It however did nothing that was disadvantageous to the creator and thus there was no deterrent. The parties were not aligned to cooperate.
I don’t know I’d say that guy torched a lot of future employment opportunities when when he sabotaged his repos. Also obligatory: https://xkcd.com/2347/