On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
Having written lots of free software myself dating
back 25
years, I look at it as flattery. He's not misrepresenting it,
...
into the source, it's not illegal or unethical.
^^^^^^^^^
Strike that word misused here. It's obviously not unethical to
him (or he takes the cash and sleeps poorly) but may be to you.