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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. “FOSS develo
by 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.