Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro...
by orblivion on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:09PM
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If you're working on a project and just happen to choose a free software license, then fair enough. (perhaps you'd call yourself more of an "open source" contributor). If however you are acting due to the free software ethos, I think it's fair for others who share the ethos to chime in with their opinion on how well you're doing it. It doesn't have to be a witch hunt, but these things matter more than a zero amount.
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Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro...
by dangus on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:29PM
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What’s the difference between “just happening” to choose a free license and “acting due to the free software ethos?”
Hopefully the free software ethos police doesn’t come knocking on my door because I used GPL 3.0 without having the right mindset.
Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro...
by orblivion on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:35PM
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If you as the maintainer said "hey, I don't really care about Free Software, I just think this is a fun/useful project and the GPL 3.0 meets my needs." and people still bugged you about Discord, I agree you should probably just tell them to fuck off. They might still try to get you on board with Free Software in the first place, but it wouldn't make sense to bother you about details like a chat program if/while you don't care about the cause.
However if you said "I'm creating this project because I care about user freedom" someone might point out "Great. Well, since we're on the same page as far as user freedom, let's take a look at the tools we're using..."