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There are a ton of people who like to bitch at open source developers about not including or fixing something and for projects like this tht isn't cool. Yeah,
by WalterGR 15y ago
There are a ton of people who like to bitch at open source developers about not including or fixing something and for projects like this tht isn't cool.
Yeah, this is an excellent way to deflect criticism from open source projects. I've seen it frequently stop what could be a useful discussion in its tracks.
(And this isn't a comment to you specifically, but that sentiment combined with closed-source-software-as-unethical turns my stomach.)
- billpatrianakos 15y agoYeah, you're right. But I think we can agree that it makes sense for this project, right? This isn't something like Firefox where they actively try to get you to use the software and one day turn around and say "don't complain because it's free". Instead this is an obviously one-off effort and the open sourcing was just to share it with us fine folks so we know it can be done and maybe add a few tools to our boxes. I certainly wouldn't expect any maintenance on this project. Again, I know what you mean, I've seen it, and it's lame but I see this as an exception where it makes sense.