I agree - there's nothing wrong with the original Dear Github letter - github is a big company with lots of inertia, being called out on failing to support the growth of their OSS community isn't going to hurt their feelings but it may spur some change.

This letter just feels sycophantic and obsequious to me. And sucking up to billion-dollar companies doesn't feel like its in the hacker spirit, if you'll allow me to posit that such a thing still exists.