In OSS, we don’t have obligations to make software available to everyone. I could make a project with only documentation written in French and not include any people that don’t speak French. And that’s fine.
But when someone comes and says “hey I’ve translated the docs to english”, you don’t fire a “stop pushing your political anglicisation” in their face. It shows that you hold a grudge against anglicisation or people speaking english in general.
A more appropriate response would be “Thanks, but no, it was not a mistake, I prefer it the way it was”.
This kind of artificial drama feels so astroturf-ish to me.
As soon as the project was publicized people have been angry at the use of C++ and now, a few hours later, people admit to creating github account for the sole purpose of dogpiling on the project. Either people really hate Foss devs or someone dont want this project to be a success.
Yes, sink a valuable Free software because they won’t accept something you and I believe in.
It’s incredibly selfish and stupid.
In OSS, we don’t have obligations to make software available to everyone. I could make a project with only documentation written in French and not include any people that don’t speak French. And that’s fine.
But when someone comes and says “hey I’ve translated the docs to english”, you don’t fire a “stop pushing your political anglicisation” in their face. It shows that you hold a grudge against anglicisation or people speaking english in general.
A more appropriate response would be “Thanks, but no, it was not a mistake, I prefer it the way it was”.
This kind of artificial drama feels so astroturf-ish to me.
As soon as the project was publicized people have been angry at the use of C++ and now, a few hours later, people admit to creating github account for the sole purpose of dogpiling on the project. Either people really hate Foss devs or someone dont want this project to be a success.