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There are places where you can do art and places where there is no place for it. You can spray paint railway infrastructure - you still will be chased out and
by ozim 2y ago
There are places where you can do art and places where there is no place for it.
You can spray paint railway infrastructure - you still will be chased out and even might get shot at.
If you do the same on random wall in the park you might at worst be scolded by someone and be chased out by police but most likely not shot at.
Basic OS tools like man are more like railway infrastructure. So for me Easter eggs belong in games or something like restaurant web site or online forum like hn.
- samatman 2y agoThe railway is entitled to paint its property however it wants to. By that logic, the maintainers of man, who hold the copyright, and merely license it to you, have the same right. Don't like it? They were generous enough to release it under terms where you can compile a fork without the joke in it. Apparently they decided that being harassed by humorless scolds was more hassle than just removing the joke. Many such cases. But it also sucks. Steamrolling all the whimsy out of FOSS sucks. Everyone who takes umbrage at whimsy and easter eggs, hassling maintainers about it, is a thief of joy.
- ozim 2y agoMy argument is about “art” and then making an excuse that one can do everything because otherwise he is a boring dolldrum and thief of joy. It is also the same on HN if you make “witty comment” you are going to be sent back to Reddit so is HN community thief of joy and bunch of dolldrums? I guess not - but also not every easter egg is art and most are not and one we are discussing is pretty much “go on Reddit with that” level of art.