It just makes since. A fine is just a price, a percentage makes sure people feel it as much as a given law wants them to.

I imagine the more logical argument would be “I threw the rock, but it wasn’t at the seal” rather than “it slipped out of my hand at a high velocity”

The real problem is when people gatekeep cool open source projects. Not a great way to grow a community.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8TYAGIaUc

Not necessarily. People could have an outlook similar to “a person is smart, people are idiots”