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[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This email from 2016 by jwz springs to mind.

I guess you want Debian to be the kind of operation that uses the work of others while blatantly and explicitly ignoring the wishes of the person who did the actual creative work.

I am increasingly of the opinion that all software developers and adjacent people are fucking scum unless proven otherwise.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

as a dev I second this opinion.

I was surprised by how many were Trump supporters.

then I was surprised at how many were anti-vax.

now I'm not even surprised.

[–] pinto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Citations on Debian doing any of these?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I am increasingly of the opinion that all software developers and adjacent people are fucking scum unless proven otherwise.

as a dev I second this opinion.

learn to read?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh no, the people creating free shit for you to use that's not monetized in any way, want to reduce their workloads. Scum!

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 month ago

You mean the work that that nobody is forcing them to do? The one they do by their own choice while not asking consent and respecting the wishes of others? Yep those devs sound pretty fucking scummy to me.