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Marak Squires is a really shitty person with an extremely checkered past. I wouldn’t use any software he was responsible for.
by dopamean 5y ago
Marak Squires is a really shitty person with an extremely checkered past. I wouldn’t use any software he was responsible for.
- no_wizard 5y agoI think this is one of those levels where it’s appropriate to ask for sources. Multiple sources, from reputable exchanges / sites. Sometimes folks get disillusioned which can lead to things like very real depression which can drive them to do things that otherwise they would not. I don’t agree with the choices in this case personally, I do not think we should rake the maintainer over a fire over it without more evidence of actual wrongdoing. This feels to me, if I was projecting myself as an armchair psychologist, that feelings of disillusionment have driven this behavior and I can understand how maintainers like this get there, especially when people build multi million dollar businesses on the back of your work without giving support or worse, demanding things they feel entitled to. Is it fair? No. Should perhaps they handled this differently? I wouldn’t have done this, I think there is a more graceful way to retire projects personally. Is it true that legally they were licensing their work in a way where millions could do this? Of course. However, ethos cut both ways. Companies and certain individuals like to ignore the ecosystem and not contribute back, lots of big ones, that make billions per quarter, and then chastise maintainers for not being responsive, or trying to change licensing to get more personal benefit etc. yet they don’t want to be held responsible for the other side of the ethos: contributing back to those which you built your success upon.