News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing cancel culture. Parent comment

Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by hannob on Thursday December 31, 2020 @04:08PM (#25597151)
So you think github renaming its default branch restricts their freedom of speech? I'm confused...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by africanboy on Thursday December 31, 2020 @04:31PM (#25597389)
IMO it doesn't.

But if it becomes the default for the 56 million GitHub developers, is it really freedom of speech?

I don't disagree with renaming the default branch and I've been using the name develop as the default branch for 2 years now, but I am still not sure that changing it globally on a global platform qualifies as "good behaviour".

Edit:

If you disagree, can you please write a comment stating why you do?

It would be very helpful, if I am saying something obviously wrong I would love to understand why.

Thanks!

[ Parent | on HN ]