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(DIR) Post #Ai4VziVkknYAraMZjU by BrodieOnLinux@linuxrocks.online
2024-05-20T04:52:18Z
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You know what, I have a lot of respect for David, he's not dancing around the subject trying to be nice so that he doesn't hurt anyone's feeling, he's willing to step up and just be an asshole so that he can say the truth about open source development https://world.hey.com/dhh/open-source-is-neither-a-community-nor-a-democracy-606abdab
(DIR) Post #Ai4WnQZthe8Tiw0P56 by publiclewdness@gameliberty.club
2024-05-20T05:01:05Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I agree with their sentiment. I will also say that some of the best projects have what many would describe as a tyrant at the top directing things as they see fit. I shudder to think think of where the Linux kernel would be without Torvalds or where OpenBSD would be without Theo de Raadt for instance or if they still had them but were forced to listen to any and all ideas hurled at them.
(DIR) Post #Ai4cf93LZmVYmNDKi0 by Apan@mastodon.social
2024-05-20T06:07:03Z
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@BrodieOnLinux He's true. But it's not unique to the foss world. People like to have opinions on what other people should and shoulnt do. Actions weighs more than opinions. Everyone have opinions, excuses and buttholes and all of them stinks. But at the same time easy to ignore.
(DIR) Post #Ai4eLHszE3rCI51jW4 by jonulrich@peoplemaking.games
2024-05-20T06:25:48Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Does anyone aside from him feel that community implies democracy or equal footing participants? Thats deffinitly not my definition or association. Maybe a commune fits that bill, but to me a community is just people who form a network of social relations. Just seems like a bit of word twisting so he can call vocal dissidents of a project entitled parasites. Which is fine because obviously thats something they can become. But a community is not a collection of people that you like or even people who mesh well together, that would be a clique. Communities are inherrently ecosystems with complete with cliques and internal conflict and sometimes competition even.And I don't think anyone thinks there is a consensus or a governing body that designates that the open source community as a whole is a democracy. Imo if a project is struggling to establish their desired relation with the users, that is likely a flaw in their own communication rather than the language common to the community.
(DIR) Post #Ai4mmLycvHhuQl59ii by BrodieOnLinux@linuxrocks.online
2024-05-20T07:59:27Z
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@jonulrich Maybe not democracy but there are certainly users who feel entitled to code changes
(DIR) Post #Ai4p9oUHHt2dQICWHY by alfabravoteam@linuxrocks.online
2024-05-20T08:26:58Z
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@BrodieOnLinux interesting, as a lot of projects also use "contribute" on different requests from users. Sort of a speech enabling them to get resources/free help on some way. I think there can be a middle ground, where we acknowledge a leadership but (as always) we always have the option to contribute IN ANY CAPACITY we are capable of, unlike closed software where all they want to receive is money. The only limitation is our actual ability (we have to be good enough).
(DIR) Post #Ai4rdnD0nytI3OY2KG by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-05-20T08:55:04.393809Z
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@BrodieOnLinux @jonulrich You can either have democracy or hierarchy. One works.
(DIR) Post #Ai4s9g0d6ogWzUxZ0C by jonulrich@peoplemaking.games
2024-05-20T09:00:28Z
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@BrodieOnLinux yeah, no doubt about that. There's a kind of person who will buy an ice cream cone, drop it, and then demand they get a new one for free due to the inconvenience. I don't think it has anything to do with whatever that guy was ranting about, probably the opposite actually.The cry baby free ice cream routine is not something that people who value community do.
(DIR) Post #Ai5Eu54MSwxV1gEmjA by svin@linuxrocks.online
2024-05-20T13:15:03Z
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@BrodieOnLinux> he can say what a lot of people **think** about OSSLern2ritedumass
(DIR) Post #Ai5IBpg2jSoWMZ1FDs by sourcerer@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2024-05-20T13:51:46Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I never "demanded" anything from project. I'm always free to try change something if i want (code is open, right?)You have leader with plan, or don't. If You are solo, You can do anything. But it's better to learn how to say "no", because it's impossible to please entire world. Yes, we should have strong opinions, own rules and personalities because this keeps us on our track.
(DIR) Post #Ai5PmbolvGnLlzaM8e by unicornCoder@fosstodon.org
2024-05-20T15:17:08Z
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@BrodieOnLinux most of the work on projects is fixing bugs/ patching CVEs and ensuring back compatibility. it is a small group who have bug fixing skills that contribute the most and/or add to the main architecture of a project, which does give them more weight in any say. FOSS is indeed a gift and i love when repos have the 'buy me a coffee' option as a way to give an option for compensation.
(DIR) Post #Ai5WamvtTIDcRvE8jw by tokenizer@fosstodon.org
2024-05-20T16:32:47Z
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@BrodieOnLinux feels wrong to read him imply that other human beings are "parasite".