How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source community

Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by hw on Monday July 24, 2017 @12:43PM (#14839987)

Even with the additional steps and even with explicit whitelisting of directories (from screenshots it looks like it defaults to the user directory, which is just bad) before code's uploaded, the point is that Kite took over a useful, popular open source package, clearly hitching on to the popularity of the package to promote Kite, which is distasteful when it comes to OSS.

Why not fork the original autocomplete-python with one that has Kite enabled instead? Then users who want Kite or use Kite are able to do so, without screwing over everyone else who have no idea what Kite is and dont want anything to do with it.

Reminds me of software downloaded in the past that comes with some random search toolbar that gets installed in browsers. Annoying. Shady. Not cool.

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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by microwavecamera on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:32PM (#14842918)

This. That would have been the correct solution. Fork the code and offer their "Kite enabled" version separately. If Kite has to resort to these type of tactics to push their product it seriously makes me doubt it's efficacy. If they can't market their product based on it's merits, why would I want to use it?

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