There’s a wiser middle path. Vendors and communities can better align by expanding legitimate, low-friction access: developer/free tiers, time-limited evaluation keys, community editions, and robust APIs that let hobbyists and researchers experiment safely without resorting to gray-market workarounds. Meanwhile, the community can focus its GitHub energy on value-add: automation modules, interoperability tools, compliance checkers, and reproducible lab deployments that make licensed usage simpler and more transparent.