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I actually agree this is destroying your credibility as an author and caused me to search all projects author is involved in and blacklist them. * Despite the
by bastijn 5y ago
I actually agree this is destroying your credibility as an author and caused me to search all projects author is involved in and blacklist them.
* Despite the motive for the act there is actual malicious code injected in a library without notifying or disclosing any information.
* The whole act was not well thought out. The check is rudimentary to put it gently, or plain naive to say it straight. Not only Russians are targeted but also anyone having vpns or other legitimate reasons to run under Russian IPs. Finally the check is crude and might as well fail at some point, with devastating effect.
* Author seems to be removing github issues, hiding conversations and doing damage control now that this backfires.
- rosndo 5y ago> I actually agree this is destroying your credibility as an author and caused me to search all projects author is involved in and blacklist them. “FOSS developer” is hardly a career. Nobody is losing out on income by you blacklisting their projects.
- ahelwer 5y agoLots of FOSS developers support themselves with lucrative jobs or contracts they received on the basis of their reputation within the FOSS community (conference circuit, online forums, professional network, etc.) and otherwise mainly develop for the clout. Social consequences can be very effective in this way. It isn't quite like being blackballed but you really can't piss too many people off before those contracts start disappearing. Network effects work in reverse too.
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