Comment by microcolonel

This is a bit hyperbolic. If the original maintainers of a project are making changes you don't like, just fork it.

That said, if I was already unlikely to trust Kite, I don't want to work with them at all given this behaviour. Betraying the trust of a significant portion of your potential customers is a sure way to be exed from an industry you never capitalized on. Congratulations, Kite.