Post #2996900

2026-05-31 15:53 UTC

in his yard The whole point of giving it away is that it won’t just be in his yard anymore. that’s his right Yep, you can argue that the carpenter is within his rights. That’s always a sign that the actor in question is behaving in a constructive way, isn’t it, when they run directly to the fine points of what they’re legally allowed to do? “That’s his right” is a very narrow lens with which to view the situation. It’s not a POV you’d even choose to bring to the discussion unless you had already decided on the question. It does nothing to address the real-world problems and complaints that are happening. It’s pretty much changing the subject. Would you make the same “within their rights” argument if the carpenter was Google? Microsoft?

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@Viceversa@lemmy.world 2026-05-31 17:42

Analogies are shit and don’t prove anything.

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@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2026-05-31 18:27

It would have been possible for the developer to turn over mainline rsync It’s his code. There is no mainline rsync. Whatever the community picks is mainline. When people didn’t like where MySQL was going, they forked and made MariaDB the “mainline”. If people keep downloading his rsync and not another, that’s their choice. We might not like it but you can’t force people to use the software you prefer.

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@wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2026-05-31 18:32

People who rely on rsync want some kind of clear path forward, the option to use something similar in quality to the older versions. That’s literally what forking it is for. The guy built the bridge 20 years ago. It became a mainline thoroughfare for the entire city, and he maintained it for free. Now he’s automating it and people don’t like that. They can build their own bridges, or use the one he maintains and either contribute to the project or stop complaining about it not being up to their standards. It’s a free bridge. You’re looking in the mouth of a gift horse.

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