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   Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 04:06:59 JST Daniel Gibson

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   • masukomi

   @masukomi @babe
   On the one hand, yeah, it's kinda annoying when all criticism is brushed off with "patches are welcome", on the other hand, you get that software for free (as in freedom and in beer).

   It might be their hobby project, in which case they get to decide what they spend time on (writing code or documentation or whatever).

   I see things a bit different for FOSS written by corporations, though.

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     masukomi (masukomi@connectified.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 04:07:01 JST masukomi

     @babe I've never undertood the FOSSbro thinking that you're some sort of hypocrite if you complain about something but don't pitch in to fix it.

     A carpenter can reasonably complain about a badly constructed stone wall, but that doesn't mean they have the knowledge, skills, or materials (time in the OSS case) to fix it.

     So many FOSSbros don't get that.