• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    First time I see someone trying to dictate to other people what code they can and can’t make public. Nice. Should we start banning repos that don’t provide adequate support and information? Fuck their freedom of expression unless we can make full use of their work, right?

    • just some guy@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 days ago

      Your argument is in bad faith. No one said “ban” but you. In regards to their free speech, I think you might be forgetting that technically in the US, free speech is protected from government actions NOT those of private entities or individual members of the public. It wouldn’t be inappropriate at all if the FOSS community gave devs like the one described the proverbial boot.

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        3 days ago

        they should pack up their toys and gtfo

        That doesn’t mean “ban”? If this means “keep publishing your code the way you want and where you want” then there is some language barrier here.

        ban - To refuse to allow (someone) to do something, go somewhere, or be a participant; exclude.

        “You’re not banned from this community but get the fuck out”. That sounds weird to me.

        So what does “get the fuck out” mean to you in this context?

        gave devs like the one described the proverbial boot.

        Just to be clear, still not taking about banning, right? Just about kicking someone out of the community?

        technically in the US, free speech is protected from government actions

        I’m not taking about freedom of speech by freedom of expression. The idea that I may have an app I build for personal use, I publish the code on github in case someone else want to use it, just take a look at the code to learn something or modify it for their needs and a guy like you shows up and says “you have to accept my issue report and fix it or say on your website that you don’t provide support. Get the fuck out otherwise, your project can’t be FOSS” is just insane to me. If that doesn’t sound insane to you then we have a fundamental disagreement about what FOSS is.