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Re:'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who De... by olliej on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:39PM (#21028597)
No, Chef decided that they wanted to use someone else’s software, without paying that person, to do something that person didn’t want their software to be used for.

So they stopped allowing chef to use their software.

That Chef didn’t have an alternative is entirely on Chef.

Unless of course you are saying that you believe that individuals should be required to provide it to anyone who asks?

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Re:'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who De... by sdinsn on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:05PM (#21030104)
> they wanted to use someone else’s software, without paying that person

Because the software was open source.

> to do something that person didn’t want their software to be used for.

I didn't realize Chef had to analyze every open source contributors political opinions.

> So they stopped allowing chef to use their software.

Which is against the entire idea of open source software.

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Re:'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who De... by happytoexplain on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:32PM (#21031985)
>I didn't realize Chef had to analyze every open source contributors political opinions.

Arguably, they only have to analyze their own, if it's immoral enough.

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