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"f#ck off, it's free" is possibly an acceptable response if you're also working for free. If maintaining that free software is your job that you are getting pai
by dagw 2y ago
"f#ck off, it's free" is possibly an acceptable response if you're also working for free. If maintaining that free software is your job that you are getting paid good money to do, you really should hold yourself to higher standards.
- echoangle 2y agoHm, depends on who is paying you, I think. If some philanthropist is paying you to make good free software, yes. But if you’re paid by stakeholders that want your maintenance to make sure they can use the free software themselves, you’re only really accountable to their opinions.
- ahartmetz 2y agoIt is really closer to the latter (Linux Foundation = the megacorporations LUG), but Linus seems to treat it as the former - in a good way.