• Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      28 天前

      I think what ze’s saying is https://mikemcquaid.com/open-source-maintainers-owe-you-nothing/ . the nature of open source—atl in accord with the hacker ethic—is that everything is just a passion project, there is no responsibility to not make bad decisions, and bad decisions result in decreased adoption and lost trust. after all, open source has always been about making a new alternative because existing solutions are bad.

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        28 天前

        So we aren’t supposed to talk about or react to said bad decisions? Come on.

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          nah as an anarchist i am against silence. i’m just saying that in our capitalist society open source maintainers do not in fact have responsibility to the community, only to their market share, and this works slightly less dysfunctionally than proprietary because come what may the opposition may fork it. but that and the transparency and the ability to volunteer your labor for them are the only things that open source does guarantee.

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          28 天前

          So we aren’t supposed to talk about or react to said bad decisions? Come on.

          Do you want to post your real name and place of work online for everyone to see or do you understand why that kind of action is dangerous and wrong?

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              27 天前

              This thread isn’t a discussion about a bad decision.

              Discussions don’t start with putting the developer in a mug shot and posting all of his personal details.

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                27 天前

                You’re probably the same kind of user who has a fit when someone looks at their overview too. I’m just going to block you now.

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                  27 天前

                  I’m just going to block you now.

                  Yeah, that’s way easier than defending this nonsense. Stick your fingers in your ears.