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Surely you can understand the intent of his message and of the phrase which you partially quote. "Some elements of the open source community are awful to contr
by nathanb 12y ago
Surely you can understand the intent of his message and of the phrase which you partially quote.
"Some elements of the open source community are awful to contributors"
"Open source is an awful place to be if you don't have a thick skin"
"The behavior I have observed as a prolific contributor to open source is awful"
All of these statements, I believe, accurately summarize his experience. All of these statements can be summarized "Open source is awful in many ways" for purposes of titling an article.
He's not trying to say that the concept of open source is awful. You don't have to jump in and defend that cause.
- Zikes 12y agoIt might be more accurate to say "the state of the open source community is awful", but for some folks that are deeply involved in that community that might simply be synonymous with open source itself. In either case, I think the author made it fairly clear that he was referring to the community and not the concept.