Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
by AsyncAwait on Friday November 25, 2016 @08:22AM
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> This is a very worrying development
Agreed.
> reduces my trust in FOSS
Please don't distrust a whole category because of a single tool. Most FOSS tools don't do this, especially if they're "Free Software" as opposed to just being "open-source", since "Free Software" indicates a moral, not just practical stance on software.
Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
by Nursie on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:01PM
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Well perhaps my assumptions about well-known and widely used open source stuff were just too naive.
I guess I'm not really thinking "distrust them like they actively include malware" just that it looks like I need to at least keep a look out for stuff like this.
I love FOSS. I believe in it, I use it all the time, I've made a few minor contributions here and there too. It's not like I'm saying "OMG FOSS is teh evil!", just that maybe my trust level was calibrated a little high :)
Command line tools do not usually do this at all, particularly FOSS command line tools. This is a very worrying development and reduces my trust in FOSS.
--edit-- to whoever downvoted me, can you explain why?
I love FOSS but I also lovemy privacy. I have come to generally have a default level of trust for popular FOSS projects. Things like this make me question that trust. Why is this wrong?