4 ms·
> But we must also allow that the netfilter people have the right to decide who is and who isn't one of their core developers, and publish their philosophical p
by rlpb 10y ago
> But we must also allow that the netfilter people have the right to decide who is and who isn't one of their core developers, and publish their philosophical positions on their own mailing lists.
It's also perfectly reasonable for a project to refuse to accept contributions from someone they feel might tarnish their reputation, whether they are right or not. And it is entirely reasonable that the project might think that GPL enforcement that is done more harshly than the SFC's principles might have a negative effect on the project.
If they're wrong, and the refused contributions are worthwhile, then forking is of course possible. So it's nice that Free Software can continue to thrive in whatever way developers and users at large consider "best" in their collective, subjective judgement.
I think this is what you're saying too, but regardless I thought it's worth calling this out specifically.
- mikekchar 10y agoI think the more interesting question here is what they do with the code he has already contributed. They can, of course, try to remove it but I wonder to what extent a "bad actor" could claim that the replacement code was a derived work of their original code. I've always hated the practice of copyright assignment in projects, but it's things like this that make me wonder whether it is necessary after all.