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> I then created a new repository on GitHub and created my own network scanner for iOS called MMLanScan (The reason I didn’t create a pull request back to origi
by faitswulff 10y ago
> I then created a new repository on GitHub and created my own network scanner for iOS called MMLanScan (The reason I didn’t create a pull request back to original project it’s because it was abandoned).
This seems a bit like his early attempts to sell free Ubuntu discs. Hopefully he got the wording slightly wrong and forked it instead of starting a brand new repository with no attribution.
- myhf 10y agohttps://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths https://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths
- andrewflnr 10y agoThat was fascinating, but I don't quite see the application here.
- digi_owl 10y agoIf what the grandparent comment pointed out was deliberate rather than a goof by a inexperienced developer, then it steps right into the sociopath box. And frankly the article is so relevant to current goings on in the FOSS world that it hurts reading it.
- throwaway_exer 10y agoNot sure what's wrong with selling Ubuntu disks. Initially, Stallman made a living selling GNU tapes, and pre-Internet, linux was often installed by a "friend" who made the stack of 40 floppies and charged a few bucks to cover his time and media expenses.