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Apparently, everyone that has not pursued the idea of benefiting monetarily from the GPL non-compliance is blaming Patrick McHardy for doing so. What is appall

Apparently, everyone that has not pursued the idea of benefiting monetarily from the GPL non-compliance is blaming Patrick McHardy for doing so. What is appalling is that the same people that missed the "opportunity" claim that he should have donated the money to a good cause/community/Linux foundation etc. Of course he did it for the money! To think that he did it for the "good of the community", whatever that is, is simply naive. He saw an opportunity and if there was compliance as a side-product even better. How about not considering yourself morally superior because he was in for the money and you were not invited to the party?

Hello71 9y ago
> Apparently, everyone that has not pursued the idea of benefiting monetarily from the ICOs/MLM/child labour is blaming them for doing so. > What is appalling is that the same people that missed the "opportunity" claim that they should have donated the money to a good cause/community etc. > How about not considering yourself morally superior because they were in for the money and you were not invited to the party?
- crististm 9y ago
  Are you misrepresenting my comment? What's with that child labour cleverly inserted?
tptacek 9y ago
I think the idea is that people are morally superior to McHardy because they haven't exploited technicalities to coerce people who were attempting good-faith compliance into giving them cash, since the overwhelming majority of the kernel development team prefers to secure compliance over cash disbursements.
- crististm 9y ago
  > ... because they haven't exploited technicalities to coerce people ... I like this idea a lot. McHardy's action is (quite) less commendable than one which would have resulted in him not benefiting directly from the legal loopholes. He is to take the backlash but probably assumed it. However I don't think the non-action of the rest of people stems from the "moral superiority" but from the lack of inclination or time to assume the fight for GPL compliance without monetary gains.

Hello71 9y ago

> Apparently, everyone that has not pursued the idea of benefiting monetarily from the ICOs/MLM/child labour is blaming them for doing so. > What is appalling is that the same people that missed the "opportunity" claim that they should have donated the money to a good cause/community etc. > How about not considering yourself morally superior because they were in for the money and you were not invited to the party?

crististm 9y ago
Are you misrepresenting my comment? What's with that child labour cleverly inserted?

tptacek 9y ago

I think the idea is that people are morally superior to McHardy because they haven't exploited technicalities to coerce people who were attempting good-faith compliance into giving them cash, since the overwhelming majority of the kernel development team prefers to secure compliance over cash disbursements.

crististm 9y ago
> ... because they haven't exploited technicalities to coerce people ... I like this idea a lot. McHardy's action is (quite) less commendable than one which would have resulted in him not benefiting directly from the legal loopholes. He is to take the backlash but probably assumed it. However I don't think the non-action of the rest of people stems from the "moral superiority" but from the lack of inclination or time to assume the fight for GPL compliance without monetary gains.