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From tfa: "I hear you, dear creme-de-la-creme Rails (core) member, I know you don’t give a shit, and you think this is all prude babbling - because your hourly
by Steve0 17y ago
From tfa: "I hear you, dear creme-de-la-creme Rails (core) member, I know you don’t give a shit, and you think this is all prude babbling - because your hourly rate is more than some of us earn in a day, and you’ll be sought after even if Rails will have a much worse image than it has now. But 99.9% of us are not in the ‘circle of trust’ and would be happier if Rails would not be constantly associated with a ghetto."
I feel a lot of misplaced entitlement coming from that article. Open source developers build a framework and give it for free to other people. Other people use the fruits of their work and complain if the developers do non code-related stuff they don't agree with.
Besides, some people should watch some porn, just to know the difference between the images of the presentation and the label they give it. This isn't porn people.
The main issue I have with it that people go to a presentation that was titled "Perform like a P0rn Star" and afterwards "feel offended" or "uncomfortable". I just don't get that.
If someone would say this in Europe the first reaction would be: "so why did you go and see it?" It's not like there isn't any other couchdb information on the net. There were also multiple other talks at this event at the same time slot.
I also understand the position of the core team. What if I write a code-framework and distribute it for free? Should I watch my words so I don't offend people, who might know some people who work with my code? This is just insane. Open source is a gift for everyone, and everybody is free (not) to use it.