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Actually if I'm giving someone a donation, charity, then whether they are or are not a dick is a perfectly valid part of the decision. And to me how you run a p
by Touche 12y ago
Actually if I'm giving someone a donation, charity, then whether they are or are not a dick is a perfectly valid part of the decision. And to me how you run a project is as important as the quality of the final result.
- pessimizer 12y agoYou don't have to have a reason to not donate to something, so the color of their shoes is also a perfectly valid part of the decision. The important question is whether it's a good reason. If you rank the style of his speech as a more important issue than having secure software (unless you think that the style of speech will negatively effect the software), I'd wonder how a single person's personality got so high on your list of priorities. It sounds a bit like voting for a president because he's the guy you feel you'd most enjoy having a beer with: short-sighted.
- vidarh 12y agoIf you think that Theo's abrasiveness will affect the success of LibreSSL as a project, then it is is relevant. It is naive and shortsighted to dismiss non-technical reasons. Often they can be as important as the technical reasons, or even more.