Stefano Marinelli on Nostr: My article yesterday sparked a lot of comments on many of the platforms where I ...
My article yesterday sparked a lot of comments on many of the platforms where I published it. Some comments, unfortunately, only served to confirm what I wrote in the article, reasonably from people who hadn't read it. "Open Source software users are in fact consumers, so they have the right to demand" or "Open Source is now in the hands of corporations, so it's fine to be demanding" were the most common comments.
Another common type of comment: "Developers who release open source must take responsibility for satisfying users, otherwise they'd better not release". Or "all Open Source projects and their communities are political".
All of this only confirms what I wrote in the article.
The comment that made me smile? The one in the screenshot.
#OpenSource #OSS
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