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Would people use open source stuff from a morally questionable company? Especially when its just a re-write of existing technology posted to a different github
by ProAm 8y ago
Would people use open source stuff from a morally questionable company? Especially when its just a re-write of existing technology posted to a different github repo?
EDIT People get so up in arms about Google and Microsoft working with China and the military, but Uber has done some horrendous stuff on their own. Just curious where people think the line is OK to be.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoReact and Angular are quite popular.
- baroffoos 8y agoUsing their open source stuff doesn't fund them to do bad things.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoArguably it does indirectly - e.g. being able to say that you're responsible for Popular Tool X might help your brand, make it easier to make sales, etc
- matz1 8y agoThe thing with mortality is it's highly subjective. What horrible for one person is perfectly acceptable for other.