I don't. Something I use depends on something depends on something... Depends on it, and I might not even agree with the dependency. I'm not rewarding something because of someone else's decision to use it.

>Then the author's don't want you to use their project, so fork it or move on.

At that point yes, I move on.

>This isn't about you.

Someone requests an action of me and people are confused by my response. So yes, it is about me. I can and do just say "no" and move on, but if people want me to clarify I will.

>You are not part of any of tha

Well they just made me a part of it. Congrats.

>The software is already FOSS, you downvote their post and anything defending them because what?

A lack of a star is not a downvote. And I'm very glad you can't downvote a repo. What a mess that would be. Why are you taking my inaction so personally? Who or what am I downcotijf to begin with?

I seel at this point you're arguing with a very different person than me.