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I know what it says. Businesses, organizations, and basically everyone uses open source software because we all have a sort of agreement that says "Hey, the guy
by alexb_ 5y ago
I know what it says. Businesses, organizations, and basically everyone uses open source software because we all have a sort of agreement that says "Hey, the guy who maintains this software isn't going to purposefully fuck over everyone who is using it in a temper tantrum". Yes, what he did was legal. Conflating legality with morality is horrible, because this type of stuff is in no way, shape, or form moral. Doing things like this is also how you get absolutely nobody to use anything open source ever. It's horrible not just for his corner of the web that he wanted to have control over for some reason, but it affects the standing of ALL open source projects.
Besides, what if instead of just breaking it, he installed a cryptominer? Or a backdoor? You can't just say "lulz it says no warranty, you have to hold that" and expect literally anybody to think that is a reasonable response. This is how you get large organizations to decide that maybe open source isn't worth the risk.