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Re:Former developer at software company deletes his code to ... by brandmeyer on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:02PM (#21043195)
Is it unethical, though? The entire point of OSS is that you cannot revoke the license once granted. A hostile fork is the expected result of Chef's actions.

The zeroth freedom is the freedom to use the software for any purpose whatsoever. That inherently must include purposes which the author finds unethical, even abhorrent.

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Re:Former developer at software company deletes his code to ... by moomin on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:03PM (#21050886)
It’s legal, no doubt about it.

But forking with the intention of helping people run concentration camps and changing the authorship of the commits? Doesn’t fit into my model of ethics.

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