4 ms·
Agreed, I would never write such a message. I have zero responsibility toward the users of my open source code, and my license does reflect that fact, unless th
by throw_m239339 5y ago
Agreed, I would never write such a message. I have zero responsibility toward the users of my open source code, and my license does reflect that fact, unless they pay me.
You're not satisfied with my open source work? Fork and fix it. You can't fix it? Hire somebody who can. You don't have the money to hire somebody who can? Then find other users, do a fundraiser and hire somebody who can fix the code.
This culture of entitlement has gone way too far. Some companies make billions out of some open source project yet never contribute a cent or a man hour back yet you still find engineers from these companies complaining on github issues that bugs aren't resolved quickly enough.
I say this, this might be the golden age of open source now but it's not going to last. Users have become too petty and entitled.
- mattgreenrocks 5y agoWhat bugged me the most was how unwilling users were to dive into code to make small edits. They’d rather spend 3X the time filing issues, writing emails, and tweeting about it. And if you tell them, “maybe you should just not use this,” then you’re seen as unreasonable. The entitlement drove me out. The market is more about chasing shiny things than using things that are the best fit.