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My first thought was: Look, I don't exactly have any love towards ICE, but you can't delete code that you were paid for. Then I read the article: Oh. You we

by Verdex 7y ago

My first thought was: Look, I don't exactly have any love towards ICE, but you can't delete code that you were paid for. Then I read the article: Oh. You weren't paid for it. You wrote some code, hosted it (with the intent that a third party could use it), and then a third party used your code for a product sold to ICE. Without saying anything about free software. Companies that repackage and sell free software really should have the logistics in place such that this event wouldn't be problematic. If you host software for free and you don't like what people are doing with it, then I think you should be able to stop hosting that software.

SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> Look, I don't exactly have any love towards ICE, but you can't delete code that you were paid for. You absolutely can. This is the point of a contract.
- jgwil2 7y ago
  Then you have to give the money back.
  - SomeOldThrow 7y ago
    Yes, that's true.
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago
  Were they paid for this code? I was under the impression they were not (I think other comments here claimed they were not) please correct me.
  - SomeOldThrow 7y ago
    No, this is not relevant to the immediate situation for the reason the parent commenter indicated. I'm just pointing out that you absolutely can decide to bail on contracts for moral grounds, you simply have to deal with the consequences of breaking the contract.
    - SolaceQuantum 7y ago
      Oh, I understand. I misread. Thanks for clarifying.
mieseratte 7y ago
> If you host software for free and you don't like what people are doing with it, then I think you should be able to stop hosting that software. GitHub was the host, he just deleted the project from his profile. But you're right, Chef should've precluded this as a possibility a long time ago. The only reason this was possible was lack of proper Continuity-of-Business setup, but even then they had a new repo up within the day so it's not all that much impact. Free PR for the involved, and free ad-dollars to those who choose to report on it.

by Verdex 7y ago

SomeOldThrow 7y ago

> Look, I don't exactly have any love towards ICE, but you can't delete code that you were paid for. You absolutely can. This is the point of a contract.

jgwil2 7y ago
Then you have to give the money back.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago
  Yes, that's true.
SolaceQuantum 7y ago
Were they paid for this code? I was under the impression they were not (I think other comments here claimed they were not) please correct me.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago
  No, this is not relevant to the immediate situation for the reason the parent commenter indicated. I'm just pointing out that you absolutely can decide to bail on contracts for moral grounds, you simply have to deal with the consequences of breaking the contract.
  - SolaceQuantum 7y ago
    Oh, I understand. I misread. Thanks for clarifying.

mieseratte 7y ago

> If you host software for free and you don't like what people are doing with it, then I think you should be able to stop hosting that software. GitHub was the host, he just deleted the project from his profile. But you're right, Chef should've precluded this as a possibility a long time ago. The only reason this was possible was lack of proper Continuity-of-Business setup, but even then they had a new repo up within the day so it's not all that much impact. Free PR for the involved, and free ad-dollars to those who choose to report on it.