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Comment by ww520

5 years ago

Good for him to make a stand!

I can completely understand how he felt. Similar things happened to my open source projects, admittedly at a smaller scale. Users became so entitled to open source software and became hostile. Well, i nipped the problems at the bud by moving the projects off open source license. There were a few people crying foul and vowed not to use it. Fine. I respected their choices, and let's move our separate way.

There're requests to open source and hand the projects to someone else. No. I want to maintain control of the project development and direction, like directors wanting to maintain artistic control over their movies. If someone is so fired up, they can always write their own open source software.

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AzzieElbab  5 years ago

would you have declined a patch that fixes a real problem because it is boring? i do not really get that kind of thinking either. personally i would have accepted it and replaced with something clever latter on

  • ww520  5 years ago

    Yes, I would. Because that patch is a "style" patch. It's not important in the author's roadmap for the project.

    People ask for different things and think their things are the most important, and when they don't get their way, screaming and kicking to force them in. They can always fork it or create a separate project if it's so important.