@polotek @adriano @jakelazaroff @anildash The irony is that Ryan is asking permission, not forgiveness. He hasn't started running a bridge yet. If he had, likely no-one would notice anyway - did you notice that his original post was bridged from his website?
Instead, he's describing how something could work, and people are fantasising something else entirely and condemning him for it. He's not monetizing anything, he runs a bridge between various social networks and blogs that he pays for.