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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, it does read like a hit piece.

E: I read the GitHub thread, my god.. the entitlement.. yeah that's not how open source software works. Heavy Karen vibes from the feature requester.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TIL it's entitled to ask that software you use is either compliant with the law or clearly lets you know that it isn't, especially when the developers have no idea what the law is

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's not entitled to ask, politely.

Open source software is collaborative, community effort. Everyone contributes what they can and are willing to. Contributing a bug report is one example. Submitting a patch is another. Donating a sum of money to someone to submit a patch is yet another. There are others.

It's entitled to demand that the developers of an open source software do anything they're not willing to.

Let alone trying to shame them into doing it on social media if they refuse.

Let me give you an example. I could publish some work I've done which is 100% legal in the US. Other US citizens might find it useful. Say this software conrravenes some law in Europe that I am completely oblivious of. Someone comes to GitHub and demands that I commit some amount of time to make it compliant. I have no such time to spare. I'll suggest you or someone else submit a patch and I'll merge it. The end.