Post #3151818
2026-06-06 20:26 UTC
Nobody OWES you their labor on a community project.
Demanding that developers quit working on a project you don't like, and work on a project you do like, is batshit insanity: open source is about VOLUNTARY labor, on things you're INTERESTED in.
It's a big ol' community, and you're being offered the opportunity to both use and contribute to the software.
OFFERED.
OPPORTUNITY.
Either take it, or don't. Talk about what you do or don't like, but NOT about how other people have to kowtow.
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@jimsalter@fosstodon.org 2026-06-06 20:27
Similarly, if you have your own open source project, you get to control who contributes code and how... to *your* fork of your project. If somebody else disagrees, that's cool: they can start their own fork, and you're free not to pay any attention to it. Or to pilfer interesting bits from it. They're also free to pilfer interesting bits from yours. (Yes, there are fine licensing details. But this is HOW IT WORKS.)